Defensive Back · roster: S

VJ Payne

KAN_Kansas State
2025 · FBS · Big 12 · SR
VJ Payne finished 2025 rated 1339 (9.0 / 10) as a college defensive back at Kansas State, over 45 rated games 2022–2025.
2025 Kansas State teammates
Austin RomaineLB · 1396Desmond PurnellLB · 1387Avery JohnsonQB · 1379Jayce BrownWR · 1352Qua MossS · 1338Garrett OakleyTE · 1334
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#156Isaac Smith1340#157Jack Puckett1340#158VJ Payne1339#159Josiah Trotter1339
+2σ+1σavg−1σ2022202320242025Kansas St.TUL2022 09/17 vs Tulane — 1295OKL2022 09/24 vs Oklahoma — 1294IOW2022 10/08 vs Iowa State — 1292WVU2022 11/19 vs West Virginia — 1289KAN2022 11/26 vs Kansas — 1292TCU2022 12/03 vs TCU — 1292ALA2022 12/31 vs Alabama — 1300SEM2023 09/02 vs Southeast Missouri — 1295TRO2023 09/09 vs Troy — 1301MIZ2023 09/16 vs Missouri — 1296UCF2023 09/23 vs UCF — 1294OKL2023 10/06 vs Oklahoma St. — 1299TXT2023 10/14 vs Texas Tech — 1307TCU2023 10/21 vs TCU — 1303HOU2023 10/28 vs Houston — 1310TEX2023 11/04 vs Texas — 1317BAY2023 11/11 vs Baylor — 1304KAN2023 11/18 vs Kansas — 1307IOW2023 11/25 vs Iowa State — 1309NC_2023 12/28 vs NC State — 1311UT_2024 08/31 vs UT Martin — 1320TUL2024 09/07 vs Tulane — 1326ARI2024 09/13 vs Arizona — 1324BYU2024 09/21 vs BYU — 1321OKL2024 09/28 vs Oklahoma State — 1319COL2024 10/12 vs Colorado — 1320WVU2024 10/19 vs West Virginia — 1322KAN2024 10/26 vs Kansas — 1323HOU2024 11/02 vs Houston — 1319AZ_2024 11/16 vs Arizona State — 1322CIN2024 11/23 vs Cincinnati — 1324IOW2024 11/30 vs Iowa State — 1328RUT2024 12/26 vs Rutgers — 1324IOW2025 08/23 vs Iowa State — 1326NO_2025 08/30 vs North Dakota — 1325ARM2025 09/06 vs Army West Point — 1325ARI2025 09/12 vs Arizona — 1328UCF2025 09/27 vs UCF — 1330BAY2025 10/04 vs Baylor — 1327TCU2025 10/11 vs TCU — 1329KAN2025 10/25 vs Kansas Jayhawks — 1332TXT2025 11/01 vs Texas Tech — 1333OKL2025 11/15 vs Oklahoma St. — 1336UTA2025 11/22 vs Utah — 1340COL2025 11/29 vs Colorado — 1339OVERALL9.0
Defensive Back spider
Tkl 9.3TFL 6.7Sack 3.4INT 10FF 8.4PD 6.0
Physical trend
2022202320242025HT inWT lb
6′ 3″   208 lbs

Career statistics

SeasonGTOTSOLOTFLSACKINTPDFFQBH
202272718000000
2023135744301300
2024136439302020
2025125940201120
Career45207141804440

Defense production

SeasonGTOTSOLOTFLSACKINTPDFFQBH
202272718000000
2023135744301300
2024136439302020
2025125940201120
Career45207141804440

Defense production

SeasonGTOTSOLOTFLSACKINTPDFFQBH
202272718000000
2023135744301300
2024136439302020
2025125940201120
Career45207141804440

Game log

DateOpponentTOTTFLSACKINTPDRating
2025 · Kansas St.
11/29COLOColorado300001339
11/22UTAHUtah1000001340
11/15OKLAOklahoma St.300101336
11/01TXTETexas Tech400001333
10/25KANSKansas200011332
10/11TCUTCU600001329
10/04BAYLBaylor200001327
09/27UCFUCF310001330
09/12ARIZArizona1100001328
09/06ARMYArmy700001325
08/30NO_DNorth Dakota310001325
08/23IOWAIowa St.500001326
2024 · Kansas St.
12/26RUTGRutgers300001324
11/30IOWAIowa St.1210001328
11/23CINCCincinnati700001324
11/16AZ_SArizona St.1100001322
11/02HOUHouston100001319
10/26KANSKansas410001323
10/19WVUWest Virginia600001322
10/12COLOColorado300101320
09/28OKLAOklahoma St.300001319
09/21BYUBYU200001321
09/13ARIZArizona100001324
09/07TULATulane710101326
08/31UT_MTenn-Martin400001320
2023 · Kansas St.
12/28NC_SNorth Carolina St.1000001311
11/25IOWAIowa St.500001309
11/18KANSKansas510001307
11/11BAYLBaylor400001304
11/04TEXATexas600011317
10/28HOUHouston200011310
10/21TCUTCU400001303
10/14TXTETexas Tech300101307
10/06OKLAOklahoma St.610001299
09/23UCFUCF100001294
09/16MIZZMissouri410001296
09/09TROYTroy500011301
09/02SEMOSoutheast Mo. St.200001295
2022 · Kansas St.
12/31ALAAlabama1000001300
12/03TCUTCU400001292
11/26KANSKansas800001292
11/19WVUWest Virginia200001289
10/08IOWAIowa St.100001292
09/24OKLAOklahoma100001294
09/17TULATulane100001295

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