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Fred
Payton
#4
Quarterback
Birthplace
Lilburn, GA
Overview
News
Stats
Bio
Splits
Game Log
Stats
Passing
season
Team
2018
CCU
2019
CCU
2020
CCU
2021
MER
2022
MER
Career
CMP
ATT
CMP%
YDS
AVG
TD
INT
LNG
SACK
RTG
49
75
65.3
677
9.0
6
2
61
9
162.2
119
187
63.6
1,421
7.6
12
7
44
10
141.2
18
36
50.0
283
7.9
3
2
72
3
132.4
112
194
57.7
1,683
8.7
12
10
66
10
140.7
217
326
66.6
3,019
9.3
32
8
90
9
171.8
515
818
63.0
7,083
8.7
65
29
90
41
154.8
Rushing
season
Team
2018
CCU
2019
CCU
2020
CCU
2021
MER
2022
MER
Career
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LNG
46
142
3.1
0
24
54
181
3.4
2
37
15
82
5.5
0
22
73
132
1.8
1
19
58
164
2.8
1
20
246
701
2.9
4
37
Receiving
season
Team
2021
MER
2022
MER
Career
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LNG
1
52
52.0
0
52
1
-10
-10.0
0
0
2
42
21.0
0
52
Defense
season
Team
2018
CCU
2019
CCU
Career
TOT
SOLO
AST
PD
SACK
FF
INT
YDS
TD
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Scoring
season
Team
2018
CCU
2019
CCU
2021
MER
2022
MER
Career
PASS
RUSH
REC
RET
TD
2PT
PAT
FG
PTS
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
12
11
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
8
32
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
6
61
4
0
0
4
1
0
0
26
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