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Payne Durham

TE·Tampa Bay Buccaneers·#87·6'5"·255 lb·3rd year·Purdue
Round 5, pick 171 in 2023
Updated November 6, 2026
70.4
Model Score
Down from 75.1 last year
Trade value ·a 7th
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Payne Durham has 1 catch, 5 receiving yards and 0 touchdowns in 2 games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season through Week 8, 0.8 PPR points a game (updated November 6, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 4.7 from last season.

708070.420242026

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Heath Miller ’0678%Brent Celek ’0876%Martellus Bennett ’0956%Davis Allen ’2453%John Bates ’2352%

Plays like: Jim Dray, Darrell Daniels, Garrett Graham. Built like: Sean McHugh, Tim Euhus, Robert Royal. Coming out: Jake Ferguson, Crockett Gillmore, Kyle Rudolph.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 6 starters, 8 backups, 4 didn't stick.

Payne Durham Props This Weekat CHI Sun Nov 8

MarketLineOverUnder
Anytime TD+2000 DraftKings

Best price across 9 books as of Fri Nov 6. Lines move; check the book before you bet. This week's board · Line Room

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Payne Durham Injury StatusNot listed

Payne Durham is not on the injury report as of Nov 6. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 2 games

Rec1
Rec Yds5
Rec TD0
Targets2
Yds/Gm2.5
Fantasy PPG0.8
EPA / target0.063
Avg separation0.0 yd
Avg cushion0.0 yd
YAC over exp0.0
Catch %0.0%

0.8 fantasy points a game, 2 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit
$1.2M
APY
$1.0M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$245K
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2023
Est. Value
$3.2M/yr
underpaid by $2.2M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Fantasy outlookWeek 9

This week he visits CHI, projecting 0.2 points a game from here.

Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.

Draft & College

Round 5, pick 171 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2023, out of Purdue (Big Ten). He went earlier than consensus.

Taken#171
Consensus board237th
Our college model#28 TE

In college, 2019-2022, 36 games: 116 rec, 1,165 yds, 19 TD, 10.0 yds/rec.

Recruited

Class of 2018 · Tight end · High school: Peachtree Ridge, Suwanee, GA

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 1,763 in the nation. Composite 0.8205, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to
Purdue

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2018 class are still being added.

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