Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014UTEP
Damian Payne
DB • 6'0" • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Damian Payne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 3.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Houston • UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Player Story
Damian Payne built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 32, spending time with Houston and UTEP. The clearest part of Damian Payne's career was his return-game...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Damian Payne, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Houston. Damian Payne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 3.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Damian Payne quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2011 Postseason · Houston
- Top game
- Utah State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lake Forest · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Lake Forest · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Class 2014
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Houston | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Houston | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 50 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Houston | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Houston | 9 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Postseason | UTEP | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UTEP | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.3 |
Related Context
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Damian Payne played DB for Houston and UTEP. Across 4 tracked seasons, Damian Payne recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason
Houston paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 3.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 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 Houston, UTEP.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Postseason · UTEP
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
3.3
Usage
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Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Utah State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 1. Texas Tech: 0. New Mexico State: 1. Kansas State: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Old Dominion: 0. UTSA: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. North Texas: 0. Rice: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah State
Best efficiency game
20 vs Utah State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/20 | vs Utah State | L 6-21 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 24-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Rice | L 13-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs North Texas | W 35-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Western Kentucky | L 27-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/2 | vs Southern Miss | W 35-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ UTSA | W 34-0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | vs Old Dominion | W 42-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 3-55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kansas State | L 28-58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | vs New Mexico State | W 42-24 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | vs Texas Tech | L 26-30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Damian Payne story
Damian Payne built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 32, spending time with Houston and UTEP. The clearest part of Damian Payne's career was his return-game role: 557 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with UTEP. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Houston and UTEP.
The arc is straightforward: Damian Payne moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Houston
2011-2013
Opening stop
- 2
UTEP
2014
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Houston | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | UTEP | 2 | 3.3 | — | 2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UTEP | 2 | 3.3 | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Utah State
Week 1 · L 6-21 · Postseason
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs New Mexico State
Week 3 · W 42-24
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Penn State
Week 1 · W 30-14 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#4
@ Tulane
Week 11 · W 73-17 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#5
@ UAB
Week 10 · W 56-13 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Postseason · Houston
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2011 Regular Season · Houston
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Houston
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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