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
Value trend by season
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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 115
- TFL
- 25
- Sacks
- 10
- QB hurries
- 13
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Payton Turner quick answers
- 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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Houston | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 11 | 42 | 4.5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 44.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 12 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 68.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 5 | 25 | 10.5 | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | 67.8 |
Related Context
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Payton Turner played DL for Houston. Across 4 tracked seasons, Payton Turner recorded 115 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Houston paired 21 primary output with 29.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 48.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Houston
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
3.3
Efficiency
48.8
Usage
14.7
Consistency
43.9
Best Game by takeover score
Tulane
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 7.5. BYU: 2.5. Navy: 2.5. UCF: 2. Memphis: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 7 by 79.2. BYU: 6 by 50. Navy: 8 by 58.3. UCF: 3 by 32.5. Memphis: 1 by 24.2
Split Comparison
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Wins5 · Games = 2 · +2.8 vs Losses
Losses2.2 · Games = 3 · -2.8 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
Tulane
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs Tulane
Player Story
Payton Turner 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 production: 115 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 1 interception across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 27 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Payton Turner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Houston
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Houston | 8 | 17.3 | 4.9 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 8 | 17.3 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 12.5 | 27.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 21 | 29.3 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 16.5 | 48.8 | 14.7 | -4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulane
Week 6 · W 49-31 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7.5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
@ North Texas
Week 5 · W 46-25
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Havoc Plays
80 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#3
vs Rice
Week 3 · W 38-3
3
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Prairie View A&M
Week 2 · W 37-17
2.5
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#5
@ East Carolina
Week 7 · W 42-20 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Houston
21 primary output · 29.3 efficiency · 9.3 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Houston
67.8
16.5 primary · 48.8 efficiency · 14.7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Houston
44.7
12.5 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 4.4 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
18
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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