Usage / Role
57%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Virginia
Keith Payne
RB • 6'3" • Herndon, VA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Keith Payne leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
79
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Keith Payne built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Herndon, VA wearing No. 22, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Keith Payne's career was his backfield work: 1,004...
Read the storyKeith Payne, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Virginia. Keith Payne leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,181
- Rushing yards
- 1,004
- Receiving yards
- 177
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Keith Payne quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,181
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Duke
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 880 scrimmage yards · RB 73rd (top 17%) · ACC 13th (top 7%) · National 152nd (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Virginia | 8 | 264 | 219 | 45 | 2 | 37.9 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Virginia | 1 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Virginia | 11 | 880 | 749 | 131 | 16 | 74.2 |
Related Context
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Keith Payne played RB for Virginia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keith Payne recorded 1,004 rushing yards, 177 receiving yards, and 18 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Virginia paired 880 primary output with 49.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
80
Efficiency
49.1
Usage
27.7
Consistency
68.7
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Richmond: 117. USC: 57. VMI: 50. Florida State: 61. Georgia Tech: 56. North Carolina: 120. Eastern Michigan: 69. Miami: 81. Duke: 130. Maryland: 83. Virginia Tech: 56
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Richmond: 17 by 73.2. USC: 12 by 49.5. VMI: 13 by 40. Florida State: 9 by 51.2. Georgia Tech: 14 by 41.7. North Carolina: 24 by 49.9. Eastern Michigan: 13 by 55.3. Miami: 17 by 49.6. Duke: 23 by 57.9. Maryland: 20 by 40.9. Virginia Tech: 10 by 30.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins79.3 · Games = 4 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses80.4 · Games = 7 · +1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
73.2 vs Richmond
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | @ Virginia Tech | L 7-37 | 7 | 8 | 1.10 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 5.6 |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Maryland | L 23-42 | 18 | 68 | 3.80 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4.2 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Duke100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 48-55 | 22 | 121 | 5.50 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5.7 |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Miami2+ TD | W 24-19 | 17 | 81 | 4.80 | 2 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Eastern Michigan2+ TD | W 48-21 | 13 | 69 | 5.30 | 2 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 10/16 | vs North Carolina100 rush yards | L 10-44 | 23 | 107 | 4.70 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Georgia Tech2+ TD | L 21-33 | 14 | 56 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Florida State | L 14-34 | 6 | 22 | 3.70 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 6.8 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs VMI | W 48-7 | 12 | 46 | 3.80 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Sun 9/12 | @ USC | L 14-17 | 12 | 57 | 4.80 | 1 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Richmond100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 34-13 | 16 | 114 | 7.10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6.9 |
Player Story
Keith Payne story
Keith Payne built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Herndon, VA wearing No. 22, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Keith Payne's career was his backfield work: 1,004 rushing yards, 223 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 177 receiving yards across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 177 receiving yards and 22 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Keith Payne's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Virginia
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Virginia | 264 | 39.1 | 13.5 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Virginia | 37 | 70.7 | 11.5 | -227 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | — | — | -37 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Virginia | 880 | 49.1 | 27.7 | 880 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Duke
Week 10 · L 48-55 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
130
Scrimmage Yards
85.8 takeover
130 scrimmage yards and 34.8 usage.
#2
vs Richmond
Week 1 · W 34-13
117
Scrimmage Yards
81.8 takeover
Win with 117 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
117 scrimmage yards and 28.8 usage.
#3
vs North Carolina
Week 7 · L 10-44 · Conference game
120
Scrimmage Yards
80.7 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
120 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.
#4
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 6 · W 23-21
70
Scrimmage Yards
76.4 takeover
Win with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
70 scrimmage yards and 31 usage.
#5
@ Maryland
Week 8 · W 18-17 · Conference game
69
Scrimmage Yards
71.3 takeover
Win with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
69 scrimmage yards and 21 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Virginia
880 primary output · 49.1 efficiency · 27.7 usage
74.2
#2
2008 Regular Season · Virginia
52
37 primary · 70.7 efficiency · 11.5 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Virginia
37.9
264 primary · 39.1 efficiency · 13.5 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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