JaVonta Payton
JaVonta Payton
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Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tennessee | 18 | 413 | 22.9 | 6 | -- |
| Career | 18 | 413 | 22.9 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tennessee | 1 | -2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | -2 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2021
W 45–42
at Kentucky
-2 rush yds (1 car)
Edged out Kentucky on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Moves the chains on third down.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jordan Kerley’s 2021 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jacob Harris’s path through UCF.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Hudson's sophomore season at SMU (2023).
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Player DNA