Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Houston
Payton Turner
DL • 6'6" • 270 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Payton Turner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
92
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
93
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
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Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Player Story
Payton Turner built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 98, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Payton Turner's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 28
- Overall
- No. 28
- NFL Team
- New Orleans Saints
Payton Turner, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Houston. Payton Turner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.8 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Houston · DL
- Career Tackles
- 115
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- Tulane
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Westside · Houston
- High school pipeline
- Westside · 16 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 1 · Pick 28 · New Orleans Saints
- Latest roster
- No. 98 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DL 110th (top 14%) · American Athletic 112th (top 24%) · National 1,104th (top 22%)
Payton Turner played DL for Houston. Across 4 tracked seasons, Payton Turner recorded 115 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Houston.
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