Last confirmed: Georgia State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 225 lb · Warner Robins, GA · Northside
Trey Payne: LB · Georgia State · #42.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Trey Payne
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Trey Payne has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Georgia State. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Idaho — Week 14, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Georgia State | 66 | 38 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Georgia State | 65 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 131 | 77 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-17vs Tennessee State | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-56@ No. 5 Penn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-0@ Charlotte | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-21@ Coastal Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 47-37@ UL Monroe | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-34vs Troy | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-13vs South Alabama | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-17@ Georgia Southern | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 33-30@ Texas State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-31vs App State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-24vs Idaho | 8 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 27-17vs Western Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 38 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups66 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Elliott
Pass share
49.2%
413 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
69.9
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia State, 131 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Trent Miles → Shawn Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
