Usage Score
5
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 12.4 disruption score.
Efficiency
12.4
Consistency
51.9
Season Value
25
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · Fresno State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 6
- Program Path
- Fresno State • Colorado
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming
Scouting Read
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Leonard Payne Jr., DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · Fresno State. Leonard Payne Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.
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: 2019 Regular Season
Fresno State paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to 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 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2023 Regular Season · Colorado
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
12.4
Usage
5
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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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: 0. UCLA: 0. Oregon State: 2. Arizona: 1. Washington State: 2. Utah: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
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 0. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 3 by 32.5. Arizona: 1 by 14.2. Washington State: 1 by 24.2. 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 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs First Half
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
32.5 vs Oregon State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Utah | L 17-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Washington State | 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 State | 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 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Fresno State
2018-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado
2023
Final stop
Season 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 | 5.9 | 8.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 5.5 | 15.4 | 6.8 | -3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado | 7 | 12.4 | 5 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Wyoming
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 55.2 takeover score.
#2
Oregon State
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.7 takeover score.
#3
Unknown
2.5
Primary metric
Game with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.
#4
Washington State
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.
#5
New Mexico
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2019 Regular Season · Fresno State
0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 0.9 usage
35.7
#2
2022 Regular Season · Fresno State
28.2
5.5 primary · 15.4 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Colorado
25
7 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
2★
Class 2018 · Rating 0.758
St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy · Los Angeles, CA
- Committed To
- Fresno State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Career Facts
2
Career teams
6
Seasons tracked
44
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 26 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.