Player Dossier

2016-2019

New Mexico State

Payton Theisler

P • 5'9" • 144 lbs • Phoenix, AZ, USA

Impact contributor

Payton Theisler shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Player Story

Payton Theisler built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a punter from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 16, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Payton Theisler's career was his field-position...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7667

Desert Vista · Phoenix, AZ

Committed To
New Mexico State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Payton Theisler, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Payton Theisler shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Payton Theisler quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico State · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 49 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
South Alabama
Recruit profile
2-star · Desert Vista · New Mexico State
High school pipeline
Desert Vista · 29 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1200100
2017 PostseasonNew Mexico State1300100
2017 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1300100
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1200100
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1200100

Related Context

Payton Theisler played P for New Mexico State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Payton Theisler recorded -11 rushing yards and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 0. Alabama: 0. San Diego State: 0. New Mexico: 0. Fresno State: 0. Liberty: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Incarnate Word: 0. UTEP: 0. Liberty: 0

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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 10 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Liberty

Best efficiency game

— vs Liberty

Result
Sat 11/30@ LibertyL 28-49
Sat 11/23vs UTEPW 44-35
Sat 11/16vs Incarnate WordW 41-28
Sat 11/9@ Ole MissL 3-41
Sat 10/26@ Georgia SouthernL 7-411-11-1100
Sat 10/12@ Central MichiganL 28-42
Sun 10/6vs LibertyL 13-20
Sun 9/29vs Fresno StateL 17-30
Sat 9/21@ New MexicoL 52-55
Sun 9/15vs San Diego StateL 10-31
Sat 9/7@ AlabamaL 10-62
Sun 9/1@ Washington StateL 7-58

Player Story

Payton Theisler story

Payton Theisler built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a punter from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 16, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Payton Theisler's career was his field-position work: 290 punts, 12,007 punting yards, and 23 punts inside the 20 across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with New Mexico State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico State.

The arc is straightforward: Payton Theisler 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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    New Mexico State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State0
2017 PostseasonNew Mexico State00
2017 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ South Alabama

Week 14 · L 28-35 · Conference game

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs App State

Week 13 · L 7-37 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Texas State

Week 12 · W 50-10 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Arkansas State

Week 11 · L 22-41 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Texas A&M

Week 9 · L 10-52

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2017 Postseason · New Mexico State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · New Mexico State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games