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Rico Payton
Born November 28, 1999 · College Pittsburg State (KS); Southern Illinois · Undrafted · 6-0, 182 lb
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NO | 12 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | NYG | 4 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | NYG | 16 | 23 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NO | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 22 | 8.6 |
| 2025 | NYG | 2 | – | – | 34 | 30.4 |
Game logs
2025 game log (4 games)
2024 game log (12 games)
2024 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024-09-08 | vs CAR | W 47–10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2024-09-22 | vs PHI | L 12–15 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2024-10-07 | @ KC | L 13–26 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2024-10-13 | vs TB | L 27–51 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2024-10-17 | vs DEN | L 10–33 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2024-11-10 | vs ATL | W 20–17 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2024-11-17 | vs CLE | W 35–14 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2024-12-01 | vs LA | L 14–21 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2024-12-08 | @ NYG | W 14–11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2024-12-15 | vs WAS | L 19–20 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2024-12-29 | vs LV | L 10–25 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2025-01-05 | @ TB | L 19–27 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |