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Daron Payne

Defensive Tackle, Washington Commanders · #94.

Player facts

Team: Washington Commanders
Position: Defensive Tackle
Number: 94
Born: May 27, 1997 (age 29)
Birthplace: Birmingham, AL, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 320 lbs
College: Alabama
Experience: 9 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	11	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Last 5 Games	11	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Career	443	241	202	38	8	6	15	1	25	49.5	93	1

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs NYG	T 27-27 OT	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs IND	L 30-13	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs SEA	W 33-31	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ DAL	L 37-20	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ PHI	L 24-22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Daron Cordell Payne ( də-RON; born May 27, 1997) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he won national championships in 2015 and 2017. Payne was selected by Washington in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Daron Payne, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Payne was born on May 27, 1997, in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Shades Valley High School in Irondale, Alabama, where he played football. He was rated as a five-star recruit and committed to the University of Alabama to play college football.

College career

As a true freshman at Alabama in 2015, Payne had 13 tackles and half a sack. As a sophomore in 2016, he had 36 tackles and 1.5 sacks. In the National Championship Game against Clemson, he recorded five tackles and a half sack.

As a junior in 2017, Payne was named the defensive MVP of both postseason games that Alabama played. In the Sugar Bowl versus Clemson, he intercepted a ball and scored an offensive receiving touchdown on the resulting drive. In the National Championship Game against Georgia, Payne had six tackles to help lead Alabama to their second national championship in three seasons. After his junior year, Payne declared his intentions to enter the 2018 NFL draft. During his time at Alabama, Payne's given name was commonly misspelled as Da'Ron, which he requested to change back to Daron for his professional career.

From Wikipedia’s article on Daron Payne, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹