2017 Football
Roster
Anthony Payne
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Peculiar, Mo.
- High School:
- Raymore-Peculiar
A physical and athletic player who used a redshirt season to develop... Will compete for playing time at defensive end in 2018.
2017: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Raymore-Peculiar under head coach Tom Kruse... Regarded as the nation’s 13th-best strongside defensive end and the best player in the state of Missouri in the Class of 2017 by 247Sports... Also rated the 53rd-best overall defensive end by ESPN... A two-time first team all-state and all-district performer by the Missouri Football Coaches Association... Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-USA Missouri team... Selected to play in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl... Earned all-metro honors from the Kansas City Star as a senior... A member of the 2016 All-Simone Team as one of the top players in the Kansas City metro area... A finalist for the 2016 Buck Buchanan Memorial Award as the best lineman/linebacker in the Kansas City metro area... Recorded 80 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss, eight sacks and forced three fumbles as a senior a year after totaling 61 tackles, 12.0 TFLs and 4.0 sacks.
PERSONAL: Nicholas Anthony Payne, Jr., was born November 12, 1998, in Shawnee Mission, Kansas... Son of Nicholas and Jennifer Payne... Has one sibling, Olivia... Majoring in sociology/criminology.
