Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018UCF
Tristan Payton
WR • 6'0" • 196 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Tristan Payton reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
8
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Tristan Payton built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Tristan Payton's career was his receiving role: 35...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Tristan Payton, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UCF. Tristan Payton reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 409
- Receptions
- 35
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Tristan Payton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 409
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · First Coast · UCF
- High school pipeline
- First Coast · 50 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 13 receiving yards · WR 938th (top 93%) · American Athletic 161st (top 83%) · National 1,761st (top 83%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UCF | 9 | 21 | 264 | 1 | 76.5 |
| 2016 Postseason | UCF | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 43.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCF | 9 | 11 | 116 | 2 | 43.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCF | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCF | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 30.7 |
Related Context
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Tristan Payton played WR for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tristan Payton recorded 96 passing yards, 3 rushing yards, and 409 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
UCF paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 43.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · UCF
Games
2
Receiving Yards / G
6.5
Efficiency
43.3
Usage
7.4
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UConn: 13. South Florida: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half13 · Games = 1 · +13 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -13 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs UConn
Player Story
Tristan Payton story
Tristan Payton built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Tristan Payton's career was his receiving role: 35 catches, 409 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns, and 3 rushing yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with UCF. 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. His career also includes 96 passing yards, 3 rushing yards, and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCF.
The arc is straightforward: Tristan Payton 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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UCF
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UCF | 264 | 76.7 | 19.9 | — |
| 2016 Postseason | UCF | 132 | 64 | 10.4 | -132 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCF | 132 | 64 | 10.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | -132 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCF | 13 | 43.3 | 7.4 | 13 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulsa
Week 12 · L 20-35 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
57
Receiving Yards
82.8 takeover
57 receiving yards with a 95 efficiency score.
#2
vs Houston
Week 8 · L 10-59 · Conference game
63
Receiving Yards
82.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
63 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Tulsa
Week 10 · L 30-45 · Conference game
59
Receiving Yards
79 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Cincinnati
Week 9 · L 7-52 · Conference game
34
Receiving Yards
66.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
34 receiving yards with a 45.3 efficiency score.
#5
@ South Carolina
Week 4 · L 14-31
42
Receiving Yards
65 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
42 receiving yards with a 56 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · UCF
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2015 Regular Season · UCF
76.5
264 primary · 76.7 efficiency · 19.9 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · UCF
43.7
132 primary · 64 efficiency · 10.4 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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