Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023NC State
Payton Wilson
LB • 6'4" • 238 lbs • Hillsborough, NC, USA
Backfield disruptorDown-to-down presence
Payton Wilson shows a backfield disruptor profile with 78.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
96
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
96
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Payton Wilson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Hillsborough, NC wearing No. 11, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Payton Wilson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- NC State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 35
- Overall
- No. 98
- NFL Team
- Pittsburgh Steelers
Payton Wilson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · NC State. Payton Wilson shows a backfield disruptor profile with 78.3 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Payton Wilson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 395
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · NC State
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Orange · NC State
- High school pipeline
- Orange · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 3 · Pick 35 · Pittsburgh Steelers
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 138 tackles · LB 6th (top 1%) · ACC 1st (top 1%) · National 6th (top 1%)
Payton Wilson played LB for NC State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Payton Wilson recorded 12 rushing yards, 395 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with NC State.
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