Incarnate Word · W 63-10 · FCS
No tackles.
Boise State · L 45-46
1 tackle
The other 6 games average 4 tackles. This one was 3 below.
Payne has tackles in 7 of Texas State’s 8 games: none against Incarnate Word.
Treylin Payne
Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2025: All-Sun Belt. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Utah State — Week 8, 2026.
24 tackles · 0.5 sacks
Play style
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, in the 7 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas State | 24 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2025 | Texas State | 101 | 44 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Texas State | 26 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 |
| 2023 | Houston | 28 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -- | 1 |
| 2022 | Houston | 21 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 200 | 89 | 13.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-59@ No. 5 Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-31vs UTSA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-35vs North Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-31@ San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 66-27vs Colorado State | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs Utah State | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 45-46@ No. 20 Boise State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Week 8 · 2026
W 20-17
vs Utah State
0.5 sacks · 1 tackle for loss · 9 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Ratings of the games shown run from -9 to +20 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%2 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksPD rate
4%1 pass breakups24 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Pass share
40.9%
242 pass / 350 run
Plays / game
74.0
8 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
223 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #8 of 63 Sun Belt LBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
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%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 42 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2025)
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dana Holgorsen and G.J. Kinne.
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