Usage / Role
42%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2009Ohio
Melvin Payne
LB • 6'2" • Mobile, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Melvin Payne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Ohio
09
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Ohio
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Player Story
Melvin Payne built his college career in 2009 as a linebacker from Mobile, AL wearing No. 55, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Melvin Payne's career was his return-game role: 44 return yards and 1 return...
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- Committed To
- Ohio
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Melvin Payne, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Ohio. Melvin Payne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Melvin Payne quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 5 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Ohio
- Top game
- UConn
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · LeFlore · Ohio
- High school pipeline
- LeFlore · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Ohio | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 36.9 |
Related Context
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Melvin Payne played LB for Ohio. Across 1 tracked season, Melvin Payne recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Ohio.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Ohio paired 1 primary output with 4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Ohio
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
4
Usage
—
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UConn: 1. Cal Poly: 0. Akron: 0. Kent State: 0. Central Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
20 vs UConn
Player Story
Melvin Payne story
Melvin Payne built his college career in 2009 as a linebacker from Mobile, AL wearing No. 55, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Melvin Payne's career was his return-game role: 44 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 5 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Ohio. 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 5 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio.
The arc is straightforward: Melvin 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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Ohio
2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Ohio | 1 | 4 | — | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UConn
Week 1 · L 16-23
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Central Michigan
Week 14 · L 10-20 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 8 · L 11-20 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#4
@ Akron
Week 6 · W 19-7 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#5
vs Cal Poly
Week 3 · W 28-10
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Ohio
1 primary output · 4 efficiency · — usage
36.9
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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