Age
29
May 27, 1997
Daron Payne
#94
WAS · 2018–presentACT
DaronPayne#94IDL
2025 Season
Latest productionTackles
46
2025
TFL
7
regular season
Sacks
3.0
regular season
QB Hits
8
regular season
FF
1
regular season
Snap %
62%
avg / game
Career
Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career
Career Path
2015 — Present · Includes honors2018–
Washington Commanders · Interior DL
IDL · 136 active weeks
2022Pro Bowl
NFL
2015–2017
Alabama · DL
NCAA
Draft Profile
2018 DraftSelection
Round 1, Pick 13
#13 overall by Washington Commanders
TeamWAS
Overall#13
Data Sources & Attribution
CreditsHeadshot — wikipediaAll-Pro Reels. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.