Senior defensive lineman for Houston. 2020: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 7 tackles.
6′4″ · 260 lb · Hoover, AL
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 47 nationally · Joined Houston
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Houston. 2020: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 7 tackles.
Taures Payne
He has spent two seasons in the Houston defensive front. The receipt: 2 tackles against Navy — Week 8, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Houston, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 7-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2020
W 49–31
vs Tulane
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS
Edged out Tulane at home in a shootout.
With M. Stevenson — 8 rush yds (1 car) · C. Tune — 319 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 15 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | W 49-31vs Tulane | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 37-21@ Navy | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-38@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 56-21vs South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 27-30@ Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |