Player file
Daron Payne
DT Defensive Tackle · official depth DT1 · Alabama · #94 · PRO
6' 3" · 320 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 29 · born 1997-05-27 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
WAS · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 9 NFL regular-season line(s) 2018–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#18 sacks · 1 g2026where he ranks at Sacks among 130 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF2026 NT
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z2026Signed through
APY $22,500,000 · cap hit $27,950,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · WAS · NT · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$22,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$27,950,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · VoidOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · WAS · NT · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2025 · WAS · NT · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved19 solo tkl · 1 ast · 3 sk · 0 INT · 5 PD · 1 FF
- 2024 · WAS · NT · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved21 solo tkl · 1 ast · 4 sk · 0 INT · 2 PD · 0 FF
- 2023 · WAS · NT · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved25 solo tkl · 7 ast · 4 sk · 0 INT · 4 PD · 2 FF
- 2022 · WAS · NT · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved27 solo tkl · 5 ast · 11.5 sk · 0 INT · 5 PD · 0 FF
- 2021 · WAS · NT · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved28 solo tkl · 7 ast · 4.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2020 · WAS · NT · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved25 solo tkl · 2 ast · 3 sk · 1 INT · 4 PD · 3 FF
- 2019 · WAS · NT · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved30 solo tkl · 2 ast · 2 sk · 0 INT · 2 PD · 0 FF
- 2018 · WAS · NT · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved26 solo tkl · 9 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 1 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · MIA at WASDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · WAS at DETDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · WAS at BALDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · WAS at PHIStarted. · 1 tackles (1-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2017 · Alabama · defensive53 tkl · 1.0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2016 · Alabama · defensive36 tkl · 1.5 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2018 Combine · DT · Alabama · 6-2 · 311 lb40 4.95 · bench 27 · vert 28.5" · broad 107" · 3-cone 7.58 · shuttle 4.71drafted 2018 · round 1 · Washington Redskins
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Weekly injury report
- Daron Payne2026-09-18 · Knee · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedWAS official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-18
- Daron Payne2026-09-17 · Knee · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedWAS official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-17
- Daron Payne2026-09-16 · Knee · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedWAS official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-16
- Daron Payne2026-09-11 · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedWAS official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-11
- Daron Payne2026-09-10 · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedWAS official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-10
Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Awards
1× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 8 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present