Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Michigan
Damon Payne
DL • 6'4" • 311 lbs • Belleville, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Damon Payne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Alabama • Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
5★
- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Damon Payne, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Michigan. Damon Payne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Michigan · DL
- Career Tackles
- 44
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Michigan
- Top game
- Texas
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Belleville · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Nashville Christian · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DL 445th (top 42%) · Big Ten 278th (top 36%) · National 2,331st (top 38%)
Damon Payne played DL for Alabama and Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Damon Payne recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Alabama.
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