Payton Wilson
LB·
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh SteelersTier 8Round 3, pick 98 in 2024
Updated November 10, 2026
Recruited
Class of 2018 · Linebacker · High school: Orange, Hillsborough, NC
Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 79 in the nation. Composite 0.9613, the recruiting sites' average
Offers
Partial list
None on record beyond his commitment
Committed to
Partial offer list. Offer lists for the 2018 class are partial everywhere we can read them: we hold 3 or more offers for 53 of 4,346 recruits, and we grade only those boards.
College: NC State 2019-23
Our College Grade
93.0
MODEL
2019
62.3
2020
89.8
2022
73.6
2023
87.7
Ranked #28 among LBBroke out at 20.0
How good he was in college at what his position is supposed to do, out of 100. Scored against everyone else at his position, adjusted for the level he played at. This is not his NFL grade.
College Production
NC State · ACC
| Season | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | Pos Rk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 69 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 243 |
| 2020 | 108 | 12 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 628 | |
| 2022 | 75 | 12 | 4.5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 38 |
| 2023 | 138 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
The seasons in our college data. It does not always reach back to a player's first year.