Jamaal Payton

LB • 6'0" • Bellwood, IL, USA

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Jamaal Payton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.5 disruption score.

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Impact Production

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams: 1
Unique Seasons: 4
Program Path: Northern Illinois
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo

Player Story

Jamaal Payton built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Bellwood, IL wearing No. 33, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jamaal Payton's career was his defensive...

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Class 2013 · Rating 0.7333

Proviso West · Hillside, IL

Committed To: Northern Illinois
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2013

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Latest team and position: Northern Illinois · LB
Career Tackles: 76
Tracked sample: 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
Best season: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game: Buffalo
Recruit profile: 2-star · Proviso West · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline: Proviso West · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 33 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank: 76 tackles · LB 160th (top 16%) · Mid-American 28th (top 6%) · National 243rd (top 5%)

Jamaal Payton played LB for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jamaal Payton recorded 76 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northern Illinois.

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