Player Dossier

2018-2020

Coastal Carolina

Fred Payton

QB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Suwanee, GA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Fred Payton is a balanced quarterback profile with 7.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Coastal Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Player Story

Fred Payton built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a quarterback from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Coastal Carolina. The clearest part of Fred Payton's career was his passing role: 2,381...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8004

Peachtree Ridge · Suwanee, GA

Committed To
Coastal Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Fred Payton, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina. Fred Payton is a balanced quarterback profile with 7.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
2,797
Passing yards
2,381
Rushing yards
416
Touchdowns
23

Quick Answers

Fred Payton quick answers

Latest team and position
Coastal Carolina · QB
Career Total Offense
2,797
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina
Top game
Georgia State
Recruit profile
3-star · Peachtree Ridge · Coastal Carolina
High school pipeline
Peachtree Ridge · 29 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2020 Total offense rank
365 total offense · QB 173rd (top 54%) · Sun Belt 37th (top 34%) · National 337th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina6830677153656.4
2019 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina101,6021,4211811465.3
2020 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina636528382327.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Coastal Carolina to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted25.2Dec 18, 2020

Fred Payton played QB for Coastal Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Fred Payton recorded 2,381 passing yards, 416 rushing yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Coastal Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Coastal Carolina paired 1,602 primary output with 65.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 56.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Auburn

Game with 203 yards of offense and 53.5 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

Games

6

Primary Metric / G

60.8

Efficiency

56.3

Usage

7.2

Consistency

15.7

Best Game by takeover score

Auburn

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All Games203 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Auburn

Best efficiency game

53.5 vs Auburn

Result
Sat 9/3@ Auburn213619758.32053.566106

Player Story

Fred Payton story

Fred Payton built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a quarterback from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Coastal Carolina. The clearest part of Fred Payton's career was his passing role: 2,381 passing yards, 21 touchdown passes, 299 attempts, and 416 rushing yards across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 416 rushing yards and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Fred Payton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Coastal Carolina

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina83066.920.4
2019 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina1,60265.613.5772
2020 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina36556.37.2-1,237

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia State

Week 9 · W 37-34 · Conference game

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

284

Total Offense

85.2 takeover

284 total offense with 76.8 efficiency.

#2

@ Alabama

Week 2

169

Total Offense

80.2 takeover

Game with 169 yards of offense and 60.4 efficiency.

169 total offense with 60.4 efficiency.

#3

@ Auburn

Week 1

203

Total Offense

76.8 takeover

Game with 203 yards of offense and 53.5 efficiency.

203 total offense with 53.5 efficiency.

#4

@ App State

Week 5 · L 37-56 · Conference game

277

Total Offense

75.8 takeover

Loss with 277 yards of offense and 61.7 efficiency.

277 total offense with 61.7 efficiency.

#5

vs Georgia Southern

Week 8 · W 28-14 · Conference game

290

Total Offense

71.2 takeover

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

290 total offense with 59.5 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

1,602 primary output · 65.6 efficiency · 13.5 usage

65.3

#2

2018 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

56.4

830 primary · 66.9 efficiency · 20.4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

27.7

365 primary · 56.3 efficiency · 7.2 usage

Milestones

2

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

3

3+ TD games

16

Above avg efficiency