
Receiver, UCLA, 2012–15
Jordan Payton
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Santa Monica, CA
- Born
- Sep 1, 1993, in Torrance, California
Wikipedia readers: about 235 a month over the past year
Jordan Payton played receiver at UCLA (2012–15). The Cleveland Browns took Payton in round 5, No. 154 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
14catches, career highvs. Washington State, 2015152receiving yards, career highvs. Washington State, 20152receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Oregon, 2014Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | UCLA | 39 | 0.87 | 61st (n=341) | 0.81 | 34.0 | 5% |
| 2014 | UCLA | 91 | 0.62 | 65th (n=496) | 0.52 | 56.1 | 10% |
| 2015 | UCLA | 116 | 0.69 | 77th (n=465) | 0.53 | 80.0 | 12% |
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.
Game by game
2015 UCLA 13 games, 78 catches, 1,106 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 34–16 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 41 |
| Sep 12 | at | W 37–3 | 5 | 70 | 1 | 29 |
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 24–23 | 4 | 59 | 1 | 19 |
| Sep 26 | at | W 56–30 | 7 | 136 | 1 | 59 |
| Oct 3 | vs. | L 23–38 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 25 |
| Oct 15 | at | L 35–56 | 6 | 95 | 1 | 20 |
| Oct 22 | vs. | W 40–24 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 12 |
| Oct 31 | vs. | W 35–31 | 8 | 134 | 0 | 51 |
| Nov 7 | at | W 41–0 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 27 |
| Nov 14 | vs. | L 27–31 | 14 | 152 | 0 | 45 |
| Nov 21 | at | W 17–9 | 7 | 105 | 0 | 37 |
| Nov 28 | at | L 21–40 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 21 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. | L 29–37 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 22 |
2014 UCLA 13 games, 67 catches, 954 yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at | W 28–20 | 8 | 98 | 0 | 35 |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 42–35 | 7 | 104 | 0 | 28 |
| Sep 13 | vs. | W 20–17 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 33 |
| Sep 25 | at | W 62–27 | 5 | 151 | 2 | 80 |
| Oct 4 | vs. | L 28–30 | 7 | 74 | 0 | 28 |
| Oct 11 | vs. | L 30–42 | 6 | 61 | 2 | 25 |
| Oct 18 | at | W 36–34 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 19 |
| Oct 25 | at | W 40–37 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 20 |
| Nov 1 | vs. | W 17–7 | 6 | 119 | 1 | 70 |
| Nov 8 | at | W 44–30 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 17 |
| Nov 22 | vs. | W 38–20 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 14 |
| Nov 28 | vs. | L 10–31 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 17 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | W 40–35 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 37 |
2013 UCLA 12 games, 38 catches, 440 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 58–20 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 18 |
| Sep 14 | at | W 41–21 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 16 |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 59–13 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 21 |
| Oct 3 | at | W 34–27 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 29 |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 37–10 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 43 |
| Oct 19 | at | L 10–24 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 14 |
| Oct 26 | at | L 14–42 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 45–23 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 14 |
| Nov 9 | at | W 31–26 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | L 33–38 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 16 |
| Nov 30 | at | W 35–14 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 12 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. | W 42–12 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 13 |
2012 UCLA 9 games, 18 catches, 202 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs. | L 20–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | at | W 42–14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Oct 6 | at | L 17–43 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 28 |
| Oct 13 | vs. | W 21–14 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 |
| Nov 3 | vs. | W 66–10 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 17 |
| Nov 10 | at | W 44–36 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 40 |
| Nov 24 | vs. | L 17–35 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Nov 30 | vs. | L 24–27 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 16 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. | L 26–49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2016 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–27).
| Drill | Combine 2016 | Combine or pro day 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅛″ | |
| Weight | 207 lb | |
| Arm length | 32½″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.47 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.50 s | |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.08 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.33 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.