Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-17@ UConn | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 | Season-high 13 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 38-10@ South Florida | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 |
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Tristan Payton
Senior wide receiver for UCF. 2018: 2 catches, 13 receiving yards.
6′0″ · 196 lb · Jacksonville, FL
UCF 2018 alumnus
Recruiting
4★
WR recruit
No. 262 nationally · Signed with UCF
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for UCF. 2018: 2 catches, 13 receiving yards.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to UCF in 2015.
Tristan Payton
Tristan Payton has been at UCF through three head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 13 rec yds, 2 receptions against UConn — Week 1, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF, 409 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The week the volume broke through — put up 63 yds vs Houston.Houston · L 10-592015
20159 games
- Signed with UCF4-star out of First Coast
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
UCF
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: George O'Leary, Scott Frost, and Josh Heupel. Multi-era developmental context.
2018 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2015UCF0-12HC: George O'Leary · Balanced
2016UCF6-7HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning
2017UCF13-0HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning
2018UCF12-1HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 REC/g, 6.5 YDS/g, 6.5 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2018
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology