Cole Payton
American football quarterback
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Cole Payton (born October 26, 2002) is an American college football quarterback for the North Dakota State Bison.
| No. 9 – North Dakota State Bison | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | October 26, 2002 |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 232 lb (105 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Westside (Omaha, Nebraska) |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Early life
Payton grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and attended Westside High School.[1] He was named the Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year after passing for 1,704 yards and 22 touchdowns while also rushing for 1,029 yards and 17 touchdowns.[2] Payton committed to play college football at North Dakota State.[3] He maintained his commitment despite late recruiting pushes from Iowa State and Nebraska to be a walk on.[4] He is a left-handed thrower.
College career
Payton played in three games during his true freshman while maintaining a redshirt on the season.[5] Payton was used in various play packages as a redshirt sophomore and rushed for 615 yards and 13 touchdowns while also completing 18 of 27 passes for 289 yards and three touchdowns.[6] Payton completed 10 of 16 passes for 123 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and rushed for 164 yards and one touchdown as a redshirt junior before suffering a season-ending injury.[7] Payton was named the starting quarterback going into his redshirt senior season.[8]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||
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| 6 ft 2+5⁄8 in (1.90 m) | 232 lb (105 kg) | 31+5⁄8 in (0.80 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | 4.56 s | 1.57 s | 4.36 s | 7.12 s | 40.0 in (1.02 m) | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[9][10] | ||||||||||||