Da'Ron Payne: DL · Alabama · #94.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Da'Ron Payne
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Second year in the same defensive front at Alabama. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Ole Miss — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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 this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-7vs No. 3 Florida State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-10vs Fresno State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-23vs Colorado State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-0@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 66-3vs Ole Miss | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 27-19@ Texas A&M | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-9vs Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-7vs Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs No. 19 LSU | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ No. 18 Mississippi State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-0vs Mercer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-26@ No. 6 Auburn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-6vs No. 1 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 26-23vs No. 3 Georgia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 21 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
2%1 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackHurry rate
15%8 hurries53 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Nick Saban, all run-heavy offenses — 27-2 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
35.7%
332 pass / 597 run
Plays / game
66.4
14 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
53 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Alabama, 2 sacks — drafted at #13 overall by the Washington Redskins.
Next stop · NFL
Washington RedskinsEntering 9th NFL season
Washington RedskinsEntering 9th NFL season
