Chris Payne
Louisiana-Monroe
65
DepthProjected Starter
Is Chris Payne starting?
Chris Payne is the projected starter at SS for Louisiana-Monroe.
Redshirt sophomore · #17
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Louisiana-Monroe Starting Lineup
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Top defensive backs in the Sun Belt
- Jersey
- #17
- Class
- RS SO/TR
- Transfer
- Lake Erie
Why this rating?
On a 62-rated defense; 50th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 65 after depth penalty.
Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role
2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.
2026 Game Log
Oct 3LUSATKL 7
- TKL
- 7
- SOLO
- 5
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 52-35
Sep 27LFAUTKL 6
- TKL
- 6
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 45-17
Sep 19LSELATKL 1
- TKL
- 1
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 38-35
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | LUSA | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | LFAU | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | LSELA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Payne's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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