Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Colorado
Leonard Payne Jr.
DL • 6'3" • 300 lbs • Downey, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Leonard Payne Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
70
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Fresno State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Fresno State • Colorado
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming
Player Story
Leonard Payne Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Downey, CA wearing No. 55, spending time with Colorado and Fresno State. The clearest part of Leonard Payne Jr.'s career...
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- Committed To
- Fresno State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Leonard Payne Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Fresno State. Leonard Payne Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 44
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Leonard Payne Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado · DL
- Career Tackles
- 44
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Fresno State
- Top game
- Wyoming
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy · Fresno State
- High school pipeline
- St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 10 tackles · DL 596th (top 60%) · Pac-12 262nd (top 49%) · National 2,832nd (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Fresno State | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Fresno State | 9 | 22 | 5 | 3.5 | - | - | 0 | 46.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 6 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 60.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 53.5 |
Related Context
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Leonard Payne Jr. played DL for Fresno State and Colorado. Across 6 tracked seasons, Leonard Payne Jr. recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Fresno State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Fresno State paired 7.5 primary output with 18.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Fresno State, Colorado.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Colorado
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
15.8
Usage
5.5
Consistency
52.6
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 1. Colorado State: 1. Arizona State: 0. Stanford: 1. UCLA: 0. Oregon State: 3. Arizona: 1. Washington State: 3. Utah: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 1 by 14.2. Colorado State: 1 by 14.2. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 0 by 10. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 3 by 42.5. Arizona: 1 by 14.2. Washington State: 1 by 34.2. Utah: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Oregon State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Utah | L 17-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Washington StateSplash game | L 14-56 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Arizona | L 31-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | vs Oregon StateSplash game | L 19-26 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ UCLA | L 16-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Stanford | L 43-46 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Arizona State | W 27-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs Colorado State | W 43-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Nebraska | W 36-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Leonard Payne Jr. story
Leonard Payne Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Downey, CA wearing No. 55, spending time with Colorado and Fresno State. The clearest part of Leonard Payne Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Leonard Payne Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Fresno State
2018-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201820192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Fresno State | 8.5 | 19.6 | 5.8 | 8.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 7.5 | 18.8 | 7.7 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado | 10 | 15.8 | 5.5 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wyoming
Week 7 · W 17-0 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon State
Week 10 · L 19-26 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Washington State
Week 12 · L 14-56 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Cal Poly
Week 2 · W 63-10
2.5
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#5
@ New Mexico
Week 8 · W 41-9 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Fresno State
7.5 primary output · 18.8 efficiency · 7.7 usage
60.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Colorado
53.5
10 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 5.5 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Fresno State
46.4
8.5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 5.8 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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