Inside linebacker for Oregon State. 2017: 19 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.
5′10″ · 222 lb · Maricopa, AZ
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 185 nationally · Joined Oregon State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 inside linebacker for Oregon State. 2017: 19 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.
Wesley Payne
Wesley Payne has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Oregon State. The receipt: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Oregon — Week 13, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Oregon State, 20 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Andersen → Cory Hall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
JaMarcus Shephard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oregon State | 19 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 20 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017
W 35–32
1 TOT
Edged out Portland State at home in a shootout.
With J. Luton — 235 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.0 · 5 rush yds (1 car) · N. Porebski — 40 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-58@ Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 35-32vs Portland State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-48vs Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-38@ USC | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-36vs Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-37@ California | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-40vs Arizona State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-69@ Oregon | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 19 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.