Player Dossier

2008-2011

UNLV

Phillip Payne

WR • 6'3" • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Alpha targetPossession profile

Phillip Payne reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

23%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

40

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Player Story

Phillip Payne built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 4, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Phillip Payne's career was his receiving role: 171...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.8344

Western · Las Vegas, NV

Committed To
UNLV
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Phillip Payne, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · UNLV. Phillip Payne reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,295
Receptions
171
Touchdowns
26

Quick Answers

Phillip Payne quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,295
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 42 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · UNLV
Top game
Air Force
Recruit profile
3-star · Western · UNLV
High school pipeline
Western · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 4 · Class 2011
2011 Receiving yards rank
509 receiving yards · WR 166th (top 21%) · Mountain West 9th (top 8%) · National 190th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonUNLV929436765.2
2009 Regular SeasonUNLV1158661778
2010 Regular SeasonUNLV1140689585.5
2011 Regular SeasonUNLV1144509766.7

Related Context

Phillip Payne played WR for UNLV. Across 4 tracked seasons, Phillip Payne recorded 2,295 receiving yards and 26 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

UNLV paired 689 primary output with 90.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 64.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Utah

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2011 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

46.3

Efficiency

64.9

Usage

28

Consistency

34.5

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Utah

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 29. Washington State: 3. Hawai'i: 98. Southern Utah: 175. Wyoming: 32. Colorado State: 48. Boise State: 60. New Mexico: 31. Air Force: 19. San Diego State: 12. TCU: 2

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. Wisconsin: 4 by 48.3. Washington State: 1 by 20. Hawai'i: 7 by 93.3. Southern Utah: 13 by 89.7. Wyoming: 1 by 100. Colorado State: 3 by 100. Boise State: 7 by 57.1. New Mexico: 4 by 51.7. Air Force: 1 by 100. San Diego State: 2 by 40. TCU: 1 by 13.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins73 · Games = 2 · +32.7 vs Losses
Losses40.3 · Games = 9 · -32.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Southern Utah

Best efficiency game

100 vs Air Force

Result
Sat 12/3@ TCUL 9-56122202
Sun 11/27vs San Diego StateL 14-312126607
Sat 11/19@ Air ForceL 17-451191919019
Sun 11/13@ New MexicoL 14-214317.87.80015
Sun 11/6vs Boise StateL 21-487608.68.60113
Sat 10/29vs Colorado State2+ TDW 38-353481616231
Sat 10/15@ WyomingL 14-411323232032
Sun 9/25vs Southern Utah100 receiving yards · High volumeL 16-411317513.513.50125
Sun 9/18vs Hawai'i2+ TDW 40-207981414233
Sat 9/10@ Washington StateL 7-59133303
Fri 9/2@ WisconsinL 17-514297.37.30111

Player Story

Phillip Payne story

Phillip Payne built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 4, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Phillip Payne's career was his receiving role: 171 catches, 2,295 receiving yards, and 26 touchdowns across 42 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with UNLV. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 42 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV.

The arc is straightforward: Phillip Payne moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    UNLV

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonUNLV43687.916.8
2009 Regular SeasonUNLV66170.423.8225
2010 Regular SeasonUNLV68990.82728
2011 Regular SeasonUNLV50964.928-180

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Air Force

Week 8 · L 28-29 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

124

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

124 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Nevada

Week 5 · L 26-44

170

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

170 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Southern Utah

Week 4 · L 16-41

175

Receiving Yards

96.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

175 receiving yards with a 89.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs San Diego State

Week 13 · W 28-24 · Conference game

107

Receiving Yards

91.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

107 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Nevada

Week 5 · L 28-63

112

Receiving Yards

91.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

112 receiving yards with a 74.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · UNLV

689 primary output · 90.8 efficiency · 27 usage

85.5

#2

2009 Regular Season · UNLV

78

661 primary · 70.4 efficiency · 23.8 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · UNLV

66.7

509 primary · 64.9 efficiency · 28 usage

Milestones

5

100+ receiving yards

4

8+ catch outings

4

2+ TD games