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Damon Payne Kansas City Chiefs · #90

Defensive Tackle · 6' 4", 311 lbs · Belleville, MI

Damon Payne is a Defensive Tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs, an undrafted signing.

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Kansas City Chiefs · #90 · Defensive Tackle

Damon Payne

Season avg— · no seasons on record yet

Career avg— · career line pending

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

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Scouting report

Damon Payne — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Defensive Tackle · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Damon Payne is a Defensive Tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs, an undrafted signing.

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Damon Payne stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1522 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

0Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Damon Payne — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

0.0 PPG

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Playmaking

0.0 APG

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Rebounding

0.0 RPG

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Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Damon Payne

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.

What moves the production line vs last season

Everything it reads

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0 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age — — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: — → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Damon Payne career stats, season by season

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Context

Are the Kansas City Chiefs built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record

-42.5net index

50off index

8def index

94pace

Aggressive hedge & helpscheme

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: Alohi Gilman, Amari McNeill.

How his role moves

Primary defensive tackle role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Damon Payne

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

The beginning

Damon Payne is a Defensive Tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Damon Payne is a Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle, an undrafted find.

Chapter

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Where things stand

Where Payne goes from here.

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Payne's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Highlights landing soon

Off the field

Measurables

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 311 lbs
Born: Belleville, MI
Jersey: #90

Background

Damon Payne is from Belleville, MI. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays defensive tackle at 6' 4", 311 lbs.

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Payne is currently on the Kansas City Chiefs roster.

The person

Damon Payne is a depth defensive lineman who has generated 0 sacks and 0 tackles across his career.

Pass rush0 career sacks with 0 forced fumbles.

Run defense0 career tackles up front.

UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.

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FAQ

Damon Payne — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Damon Payne, answered.

What position does Damon Payne play?

Damon Payne is a Defensive Tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs.

When was Damon Payne drafted?

Damon Payne entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.

How many seasons has Damon Payne played?

This is his first season on record.

What are Damon Payne's career stats?

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Damon Payne career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Damon Payne Kansas City Chiefs · #90

Damon Payne — the report card

Where Damon Payne stands

Damon Payne — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Damon Payne

Damon Payne career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Kansas City Chiefs built to win?

The Ballad of Damon Payne

The beginning

true

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Damon Payne — frequently asked

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