#48

Andrew Payne

Senior defensive lineman for Ohio. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

DL · Ohio · Sr. · #48

6′2″ · 276 lb · Danville, OH

Ohio 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Ohio. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Ohio, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Ohio

2017–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Frank Solich, all run-heavy offenses — 18-8 over that span.

2017Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2018Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (28th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1212 / 2662 · 52nd pct

2.5

Tackles#1504 / 2662 · 42nd pct

Solo tackles#1868 / 2662 · 28th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road6g	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Ohio	27	11	2.5	1.0	2	--	--
2017	Ohio	20	7	4.5	3.0	--	--	--
Career		47	18	7.0	4.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 38–32

vs Howard

1 QB HUR · 4 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Howard at home in a shootout.

With M. Farkas — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 58 LONG · Q. Maxwell — 233 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 21 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week