#18 Donald Payne

PositionOLB
Height6'0"
Weight228
CollegeStetson
HometownFayetteville, GA, USA
Age30 (July 12, 1994)

2024

  • Started nine of ten games played where he logged 63 tackles, three tackles for loss and two forced fumbles.
  • Re-signed with the team for the 2025 season on Oct. 14, 2024.

 

2023

  • Started all eight games he played, recording 78 tackles, one tackle for loss, a half sack and one interception. Only missed two games due to spending time on Reserve/Injured.
  • Member of the Renegades 2023 XFL Championship team.
  • Selected in the third round of the 2023 XFL Supplemental Draft.

 

Prior to the Renegades

  • Selected by the Houston Gramblers in the 2022 USFL Draft where tallied 117 tackles across 10 games, named USFL Defensive Player of the Week twice and named to the All-USFL Team Defense.
  • Signed a one year contract with the San Francisco 49ers during training camp in 2021 but was waived a few days later.
  • Signed with the Washington Football team before 2020 training camp then was waived at the roster cut down date and signed to the practice squad before being released on Oct. 26. Signed to Miami’s practice squad on Nov. 11 then was released a week later.
  • Signed with the Baltimore Ravens during 2019 training camp, waived during the roster cutdown date then signed to the practice squad and released Sept. 10. Signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Oct. 22 where he appeared in nine games, making five starts, where he registered 61 tackles, one sack, a pass breakup and one fumble recovery.
  • Spent 2018 with Jacksonville where he appeared in eight games with the Jaguars where he recorded two tackles and one fumble recovery while also contributing on special teams.
  • Signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent after the 2017 NFL draft, went to training camp with the team then was waived at the roster cutdown date. Claimed by Jacksonville off the waivers where he appeared in 13 games, notching 13 defensive tackles while also finishing third in the NFL 16 special teams tackles.
  • Finished college career at Stetson as a three-time All-American and three-time Pioneer Football League Defensive Player of the Year where he recorded 538 career tackles (third most in Division 1 history), 14.0 sacks and nine interceptions.
  • Inducted into the Stetson University Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 29, 2022.