West Virginia · L 20-24
No carries.
Kansas · W 22-16
No carries.
Payne has carries in 6 of TCU’s 8 games: none against West Virginia and Kansas.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Share of the team's total this season.
Each line is one carry: taller means more yards, and a line pointing down lost yards. Black lines are touchdowns. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside each lane the carries are lined up shortest to longest, not placed. Of his carries with a spot in the play text: left 19, middle 25, right 19. His longest went for 32 yards.
Jeremy Payne
Three seasons in the TCU backfield to date. The first one came in 2025: Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 142 rushing yards and 27 receiving yards against North Carolina — Week 1, 2026.
432 rushing yards · 2 rushing TD · 88 carries
Play style
Wins in space out of the backfield.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Fans first named Jeremy Payne vs North Carolina.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-15vs North Carolina | 25 | 142 | 5.7 | 0 | 48 | Season-high 142 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Grambling | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7vs Arkansas State | 24 | 86 | 3.6 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-21@ UCF | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-17vs No. 10 BYU | 14 | 77 | 5.5 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-6@ Baylor | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 88 | 429 | 4.9 | 2 | 48 |
1 carry for -3 yards.
3-yard loss. First quarter, tied 0-0.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
14 carries for 77 yards. He also caught 4 passes for 23 yards.
25-yard run. Second quarter, tied 0-0.
1-yard loss on 3rd and 7. Fourth quarter, down 10-7.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
15 carries for 48 yards and a touchdown. He also caught 6 passes for 21 yards.
4-yard run on 3rd and 1. First quarter, down 7-0. Converted.
7-yard run on 3rd and 6. Second quarter, down 14-10. Converted.
Incomplete on 3rd and 3. Second quarter, down 14-10.
11-yard run. Third quarter, down 14-10.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
24 carries for 86 yards and a touchdown. He converted a 4th and 2 with TCU up 14-7.
4-yard catch on 3rd and 14. First quarter, up 7-0.
No gain on 3rd and 3. Second quarter, up 7-0.
11-yard run. Second quarter, up 14-0.
3-yard run on 4th and 2. Third quarter, up 14-7. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
9 carries for 79 yards.
The per-play feed is missing a 32-yard run in the first quarter, which the play text shows; the chart draws the 8 carries it has.
11-yard run. First quarter, tied 0-0.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
25 carries for 142 yards, his most this season.
Not drawn: the play-by-play and the box score disagree.
Week 1 · 2026
L 10-15
vs North Carolina · neutral site
The plays that mattered most
118th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -7 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
41%85 carriesFumble rate
1.1%1 of 88 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.9 yds/carry on 88 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 41% success rate.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
228% of team targetsCatch rate
82%18 of 22 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
82% catch rate on 22 targets · 8% of the team's targets.
3 seasons under Sonny Dykes — 22-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 80.7 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 22.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 71.5 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
50.8%
270 pass / 261 run
Plays / game
66.4
8 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
302 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
More touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #198 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #7 of 35 Big 12 RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
2026 is in progress.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Sonny Dykes.
