Payton Page
American football player (born 2002)
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Payton Page (born September 27, 2002) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers.
Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
| No. 98 – New York Jets | |||||
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| Position | Defensive tackle | ||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||
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| Born | September 27, 2002 Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 300 lb (136 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school | James B. Dudley (Greensboro) | ||||
| College | Clemson (2021–2024) | ||||
| NFL draft | 2025: undrafted | ||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||
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Early life
Page attended high school at James B. Dudley located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Coming out of high school, he was rated as a four-star recruit, and the 31st overall prospect in the class of 2021, where he committed to play college football for the Clemson Tigers over offers from North Carolina and Tennessee.[1][2]
College career
During his four-year career at Clemson, he appeared in 53 games, becoming a full time starter in 2024, where he recorded 69 tackles with six and a half being for a loss, half a sack, two pass deflections, and a 57-yard pick six versus The Citadel, where for his performance he was named third-team all-ACC in 2024.[3][4][5]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft 3+1⁄4 in (1.91 m) | 290 lb (132 kg) | 31+3⁄8 in (0.80 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 5.13 s | 1.75 s | 2.97 s | 33.0 in (0.84 m) | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) | 27 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[6][7][8] | ||||||||||||
After not being selected in the 2025 NFL draft, Page signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent.[9][10][11] He was waived on August 26 as part of final roster cuts and re-signed to the practice squad the next day.[12][13] Page was promoted to the active roster on December 18.[14]