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VJ Payne New York Jets · #34

Safety · 6' 3", 206 lbs · Gainesville, GA

VJ Payne is a Safety for the New York Jets, drafted 228th overall, 2026.

SafetyDrafted 228th overallRookie
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New York Jets · #34 · Safety
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Season avg— · no seasons on record yet
Career avg— · career line pending
Live win probabilitySeason
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Scouting report

VJ 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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Safety · Rotation piece · Impact 50
VJ Payne is a Safety for the New York Jets, drafted 228th overall, 2026.
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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 VJ 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
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1953 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

VJ 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
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The engine

How the model sees VJ 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
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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
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

VJ 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 New York Jets 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: Adonai Mitchell, Andre Cisco.
How his role moves
Primary safety 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 VJ Payne

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

The beginning

VJ Payne is a Safety for the New York Jets.

New York Jets

Turning pro

Drafted 228th overall, 2026 as a Safety.

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VJ Payne is a New York Jets safety, drafted 228th overall, 2026.

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
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Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 3"
Weight
206 lbs
Draft
228th overall, 2026
Born
Gainesville, GA
Jersey
#34
Background

VJ Payne is from Gainesville, GA. He was drafted 228th overall, 2026 and plays safety at 6' 3", 206 lbs.

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Payne is currently on the New York Jets roster.

The person

VJ Payne is a depth and special-teams defensive back who has recorded 0 tackles with 0 interceptions and 0 passes defensed across his career.

Coverage production0 career interceptions and 0 passes defensed.
Tackling0 career tackles from the secondary.
Draft pedigree228th overall, 2026.
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FAQ

VJ Payne — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about VJ Payne, answered.

What position does VJ Payne play?
VJ Payne is a Safety for the New York Jets.
When was VJ Payne drafted?
VJ Payne was drafted 228th overall, 2026.
How many seasons has VJ Payne played?
This is his first season on record.
What are VJ Payne's career stats?
He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.
VJ 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.
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