#0Dallas Payne

TE·Florida International·2025

Dallas Payne is a Versatile TE for Florida International. Dallas's 2025 season produced 27.8 total EPA across 35 plays.

What projects, and what doesn't · TEs · 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)0.42
Beats guessing the TE average by 9%. n=2,225 TE seasons
EPA per play (efficiency)0.04
Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=2,016 TE seasons
Total EPA (value)0.46
Beats guessing the TE average by 13%. n=2,016 TE seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Dallas 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.

2025 Production

Receiving

27 Receptions293 Rec yards4 Rec TD10.9 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs TE peers

Efficiency100
Volume13
Explosiveness26
Consistency84
Pass-Down0

Player type

Versatile TE

Balanced profile without a single dominant trait — contributes across multiple dimensions.

Balanced usageMulti-role

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)100th %ile · elite

Game-to-game consistency84th %ile · above avg

Key findings

▸Top-10% efficiency among TEs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
▸Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
▸High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
▸8 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
▸Strong second-half surge — EPA/play improved 0.40 from the first to second half of the season.
▸Peak game: 1.90 EPA/play in Wk 14 vs Sam Houston (SP+ -28).

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗

Elite

Top-3 player at position nationally. Collective + national brand 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.

Historical Comparables · TE · efficiency + volume + value

Players from 2013–2025 matched on EPA efficiency, play volume, and adjusted value tier — not just one metric.

Player	Team	Yr	Plays	WEPA/play	Line val	Total EPA
Ty Thompson	Tulane	2024	48	0.420	0.7	20.2
Seth Green	Minnesota	2018	83	0.390	0.0	32.4

Comps are statistical — efficiency, volume, and value tier all factor in. Style and conference context differ.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Rec	Rec Yds	Avg	Rec TD	Long	EPA/play
1	vsBethune-Cookman	W42-9	—	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.70
2	@Penn State	L0-34	18.1	2	18	9.0	0	10	0.94
3	vsFlorida Atlantic	W38-28	-8.7	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.60
4	vsDelaware	L16-38	-10.9	3	21	7.0	0	9	0.28
8	@Western Kentucky	W25-6	1.6	3	23	7.7	0	9	1.23
10	@Missouri State	L21-28	-10.7	2	8	4.0	1	6	0.92
11	@Middle Tennessee	W56-30	-16.0	2	37	18.5	1	30	0.97
12	vsLiberty	W34-27	-9.0	4	21	5.3	0	14	0.20
13	vsJacksonville State	W27-21	-6.7	3	24	8.0	0	11	1.52
14	vsSam Houston	W56-16	-27.8	4	100	25.0	1	42	1.90
20	vsUTSA	L20-57	3.7	2	27	13.5	1	22	—

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

4.4%

Passing plays

9.1%

Rushing plays

0.0%

Standard downs

4.1%

Passing downs

5.1%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: 1.22
Passing downs: -0.01
Pass / Rush EPA: 0.79 / —

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