Lamont Payne Jr. is a safety who has played in 8 games this season, most recently Oct 31 against Norfolk State.
Arrived at Delaware State from Penn State. On tape: 8 tackles against North Carolina Central, Week 8, 2026.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
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| Season | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-34vs Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | L 15-22@ William & Mary | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-6vs Bowie State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-59@ South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 33-28vs Towson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-28@ UAlbany | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 12-31vs North Carolina Central | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 36-33vs Norfolk State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 9 · 2026
W 36-33
vs Norfolk State · neutral site
1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Edged out Norfolk State at a neutral site in a shootout.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Team sack rate
3.6%
28 dropbacks · PBP
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: James Franklin and Terry Smith.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Delaware State
