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Jeremy Payne

#26Jeremy Payne

RB·TCU·2026

Jeremy Payne is a Featured Back for TCU. Jeremy's 2026 season produced 1.7 total EPA across 37 plays.

2026 Usage Outlook · projected share of team plays

17%
projected
band 9%'25 17%24%

Regressed toward the RB mean. Model correlation r≈0.52 on a 2019-2025 walk-forward — volume only; efficiency not projected.

What projects, and what doesn't · RBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.52
    Beats guessing the RB average by 18%. n=4,219 RB seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.10
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=3,575 RB seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.41
    Beats guessing the RB average by 9%. n=3,575 RB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Jeremy Payne's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2026 Production

Rushing
221 Rush yards0 Rush TD34 Carries6.5 Yards/carry
Receiving
6 Receptions33 Rec yards0 Rec TD5.5 Yards/rec

Air yards

Where the ball goes, and how much of the gain is the throw rather than the run after it.

6
Targets
-0.5y
Avg depth
6.0y
After catch
100%
Catch rate

The ball travels -0.5 yards in the air on an average target 9.4 yards shorter than the median. Another 6.0 comes after the catch.

Where he is targeted

targets · completion rate · yards
deep
0
0
0
short
3
100% · 20y
0
3
100% · 13y
leftmiddleright

Depth and direction come from CFBD’s passing detail, which is backfilled after the games: this covers weeks 1–2 only. Spikes, throwaways and intentional grounding are excluded before any average.

Performance Analysis · 2026 · vs RB peers

  • Efficiency0
  • Volume74
  • Explosiveness70
  • Consistency50
  • Receiving63
Player type
Featured Back

The centerpiece of the run game — high carry volume, used in early downs and goal-line, true workhorse role.

Primary ball carrierHigh volumeGoal-line threat
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)0th %ile · below avg
Key findings
  • Below-average efficiency vs RB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.

NIL Market Tier· 2026

On3 valuation ↗
Contributor

Rotational contributor. Smaller collective or local deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

WkOpponentResultOpp SP+CarRush YdsAvgRush TDRecRec YdsRec TDEPA/play
0vsNorth CarolinaL10-155.8251425.705270
2vsGramblingW63-79798.801600.24

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
25.9%
Passing plays
9.0%
Rushing plays
43.1%
Standard downs
23.1%
Passing downs
33.3%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.02
Passing downs
0.09
Pass / Rush EPA
0.31 / -0.00

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.