#87

Payne Durham

Former tight end at Purdue. 2022: 56 catches, 560 receiving yards, 8 TD.

TE · Purdue · Sr. · #87

6′5″ · 255 lb · Suwanee, GA

CFB Index 77 · #8 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceTampa Bay — drafted 2023, Rd 5, Pick 37, #171 overall

The story

Former tight end at Purdue. 2022: 56 catches, 560 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Drafted round 5 by the Tampa Bay in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Purdue, 1,275 receiving yards — drafted at #171 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td at Syracuse.Syracuse · L 29-322022

202213 games

All-Big Tensecond

2023

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 5, pick 171

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Purdue

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #171

Tampa Bay · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

Played his entire career under Jeff Brohm.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 4th NFL season

#171Rd 5 · Pick 37

Tampa BayEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 23-22 over that span.

2019Purdue4-8HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2020Purdue2-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-heavy

2021Purdue9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

77All-Conference level #8 of 132?

Medium-low confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#139 / 636 · 77th pct

10.0%

Catch rate#364 / 636 · 43rd pct

76.7%

EPA / target#400 / 636 · 37th pct

0.58

Explosive rate#486 / 636 · 23rd pct

8.3%

Yards / catch#506 / 636 · 21st pct

9.8

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#2 / 158 · 98th pct

Receptions#6 / 158 · 97th pct

Rec yards#10 / 158 · 94th pct

560

Long catch#18 / 158 · 89th pct

Rush yards#16 / 35 · 54th pct

Rush TDs#7 / 35 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#110 / 158 · 31st pct

10.0

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

42nd → 37th percentile

Explosive rate

14th → 23rd percentile

Catch rate

67th → 43rd percentile

TD rate

81st → 77th percentile

Yards / catch

24th → 21st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	27.0	10.7	0.2
Road7g	5.6	56.9	9.4	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	44.3	8.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	41.7	11.4	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 132 FBS tight ends by CFB Index Score.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #8 of 132 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Purdue	56	560	10.0	8	--
2021	Purdue	45	467	10.4	6	--
2020	Purdue	16	166	10.4	3	--
2019	Purdue	9	82	9.1	4	--
Career		126	1,275	10.1	21	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 20–10

at Minnesota

4 rec · 21 yds

With J. Ansell — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · A. O'Connell — 199 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 67.5 · 10 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Maryland · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +4.22Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 56 yds to the Mary 2 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Illinois · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.99Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 12 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 11 · Illinois · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 5 yds for a TD
Week 11 · Illinois · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.72Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 26 yds to the Illin 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wisconsin · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 8 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 6 · Maryland · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.59Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 15 yds to the Mary 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Michigan · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Payne Durham run for 4 yds to the Prdue 48 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.56Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 15 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 6 · Maryland · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 4 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 12 · Northwestern · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 3 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 31-35vs Penn State	3	43	14.3	0	23
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Indiana State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 3	L 29-32@ Syracuse	9	83	9.2	2	18	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 28-26vs Florida Atlantic	4	17	4.3	0	8
Wk 5	W 20-10@ Minnesota	4	21	5.3	0	9
Wk 6	W 31-29@ Maryland	7	109	15.6	1	56	Season-high 109 yds
Wk 7	W 43-37vs Nebraska	5	30	6.0	0	8
Wk 8	L 24-35@ Wisconsin	6	66	11.0	1	23
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Iowa	2	35	17.5	0	24
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Illinois	7	70	10.0	2	26	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 17-9vs Northwestern	2	30	15.0	1	27
Wk 13	W 30-16@ Indiana	4	39	9.8	1	15
Wk 14	L 22-43@ Michigan	2	10	5.0	0	5
Total		56	560	10.0	8	56

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology