TRANSACTIONS: Signed with the Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 3, 2024.
TRANSACTIONS: Signed with the Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 3, 2024.
COLLEGE:
Played in all 13 games in 2023, making two starts and tallying 31 tackles (10 solo), including 10 TFL
Registered four sacks, five QB hurries, a pass breakup and a forced fumble
Set a season high in tackles at Virginia (Nov. 25) with seven
Played in the first 10 games of the 2021 season before an injury kept him out of the final two games and recorded 19 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks
Spent two seasons at Lackawanna College in Pennsylvania
Helped Lackawanna advance to the 2019 National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship Game and finish with a No. 2 national ranking, one year after Lackawanna was ranked sixth in 2018 following a perfect season
PERSONAL:
The son of Phelton and Johnnetta Payne
Named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in 2021
Earned spots on the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team and Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2022
Majoring in sociology
Prepped at Nansemond River High School in Suffolk, Virginia
Was an all-district and all-region selection as a senior, when the Warriors advanced to the state semifinals
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