JaVonta Payton

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2021 Tennessee 11 games, 18 catches, 413 yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Tkl	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.Bowling Green	W 38–⁠6	2	14	0	–	–	–
Sep 18	vs.Tennessee Tech	W 56–⁠0	3	46	1	–	–	–
Sep 25	atFlorida	L 14–⁠38	2	82	1	–	–	–
Oct 2	atMissouri	W 62–⁠24	1	35	1	–	–	–
Oct 9	vs.South Carolina	W 45–⁠20	1	39	1	–	–	–
Oct 16	vs.Ole Miss	L 26–⁠31	1	12	0	–	–	–
Oct 23	atAlabama	L 24–⁠52	2	59	1	–	–	–
Nov 6	atKentucky	W 45–⁠42	2	78	1	–	–	–
Nov 13	vs.Georgia	L 17–⁠41	1	8	0	–	–	–
Nov 27	vs.Vanderbilt	W 45–⁠21	1	5	0	–	–	–
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Purdue	L 45–⁠48	2	35	0	–	–	–

2020 Mississippi State 8 games, 19 catches, 225 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Tkl	Sacks	PD
Sep 26	atLSU	W 44–⁠34	6	122	0	–	–	–
Oct 3	vs.Arkansas	L 14–⁠21	2	23	1	1	0	0
Oct 10	atKentucky	L 2–⁠24	5	34	0	1	0	0
Oct 17	vs.Texas A&M	L 14–⁠28	2	9	0	–	–	–
Oct 31	atAlabama	L 0–⁠41	2	16	0	1	0	0
Nov 21	atGeorgia	L 24–⁠31	2	21	0	–	–	–
Nov 28	atOle Miss	L 24–⁠31	–	–	–	1	0	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Tulsa	W 28–⁠26	–	–	–	1	0	0

2019 Mississippi State 13 games, 13 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Tkl	Sacks	PD
Aug 31	vs.Louisiana	W 38–⁠28	1	9	0	1	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Southern Miss	W 38–⁠15	1	10	0	1	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Kansas State	L 24–⁠31	–	–	–	1	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Kentucky	W 28–⁠13	2	14	0	–	–	–
Sep 28	atAuburn	L 23–⁠56	1	30	0	1	0	0
Oct 12	atTennessee	L 10–⁠20	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 19	vs.LSU	L 13–⁠36	–	–	–	1	0	0
Oct 26	atTexas A&M	L 30–⁠49	–	–	–	1	0	0
Nov 2	atArkansas	W 54–⁠24	–	–	–	1	0	0
Nov 16	vs.Alabama	L 7–⁠38	–	–	–	1	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Abilene Christian	W 45–⁠7	1	34	0	3	0	0
Nov 28	vs.Ole Miss	W 21–⁠20	1	11	0	2	0	0
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Louisville	L 28–⁠38	2	39	0	–	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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