Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Indiana
Bryan Payton
RB • 5'9" • Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Bryan Payton leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Bryan Payton built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 27, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Bryan Payton's career was his backfield work: 853...
Read the storyBryan Payton, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · Indiana. Bryan Payton leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 948
- Rushing yards
- 853
- Receiving yards
- 95
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Bryan Payton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 948
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2007 Postseason · Indiana
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 178 scrimmage yards · RB 252nd (top 56%) · Big Ten 93rd (top 49%) · National 918th (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Indiana | 6 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 21.4 |
| 2007 Postseason | Indiana | 10 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 63.3 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Indiana | 10 | 326 | 282 | 44 | 3 | 63.3 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Indiana | 9 | 362 | 339 | 23 | 2 | 62.8 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Indiana | 9 | 178 | 153 | 25 | 1 | 31.7 |
Related Context
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Bryan Payton played RB for Indiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Bryan Payton recorded 853 rushing yards, 95 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Postseason
Indiana paired 372 primary output with 45.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 30.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
19.8
Efficiency
30.1
Usage
8.9
Consistency
23.5
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 5. Western Michigan: 29. Akron: 3. Ohio State: 0. Virginia: 45. Northwestern: 1. Wisconsin: 48. Penn State: 42. Purdue: 5
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 4 by 13. Western Michigan: 5 by 60.4. Akron: 3 by 10.4. Ohio State: 1 by 0. Virginia: 7 by 60.1. Northwestern: 1 by 10.4. Wisconsin: 8 by 62.5. Penn State: 11 by 36.7. Purdue: 3 by 17.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins12.3 · Games = 3 · -11.2 vs Losses
Losses23.5 · Games = 6 · +11.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/21 | vs Purdue | L 21-38 | 3 | 5 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Penn State | L 20-31 | 9 | 30 | 3.30 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3.8 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Wisconsin | L 28-31 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Northwestern | L 28-29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Virginia | L 7-47 | 6 | 32 | 5.30 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6.4 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Ohio State | L 14-33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Akron | W 38-21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Western Michigan | W 23-19 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | — | — | 5.8 |
| Fri 9/4 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 19-13 | 4 | 5 | 1.30 | 0 | — | — | 1.3 |
Player Story
Bryan Payton story
Bryan Payton built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 27, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Bryan Payton's career was his backfield work: 853 rushing yards, 213 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 95 receiving yards across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 95 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Bryan Payton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Indiana
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20062007200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Indiana | 36 | 24.9 | 5.3 | — |
| 2007 Postseason | Indiana | 372 | 45.9 | 18 | 336 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Indiana | 372 | 45.9 | 18 | 0 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Indiana | 362 | 42 | 15.9 | -10 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Indiana | 178 | 30.1 | 8.9 | -184 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Minnesota
Week 6 · W 40-20 · Conference game
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90
Scrimmage Yards
78.8 takeover
90 scrimmage yards and 23.8 usage.
#2
vs Central Michigan
Week 10 · L 34-37
77
Scrimmage Yards
76 takeover
Loss with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
77 scrimmage yards and 21.4 usage.
#3
@ Northwestern
Week 11 · L 28-31 · Conference game
71
Scrimmage Yards
72.8 takeover
Loss with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
71 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 8 · L 13-55 · Conference game
68
Scrimmage Yards
69.7 takeover
Loss with 68 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
68 scrimmage yards and 23.2 usage.
#5
vs Wisconsin
Week 10 · L 28-31 · Conference game
48
Scrimmage Yards
69.1 takeover
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 15.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Postseason · Indiana
372 primary output · 45.9 efficiency · 18 usage
63.3
#2
2007 Regular Season · Indiana
63.3
372 primary · 45.9 efficiency · 18 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Indiana
62.8
362 primary · 42 efficiency · 15.9 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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