Toby Payne

TE · #81 · Marshall · SR · 6'4" · 237 · Poca, WV

Projected TE starter

393 2025 receiving yards
37 of 48 2025 catches
3 2025 TDs
6 Explosive plays
35 Career games (23 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSRec-Tgt Yards YPR TD
2025 Marshall121237-48 393 10.6 3
2024 Marshall131117-23 168 9.9 6
2022 Marshall1002-2 27 13.5 1

2025 Percentile vs TEs

Receiving yards per game 32.8 91
Yards per catch 10.6 61
Catch rate 77.1% 79
Receiving TDs 3 81

Around Toby

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Carlos Del Rio-Wilson QB · 2,043 pass yds · 11g
RB Jo'Shon Barbie RB · 249 rush yds · 9g
WR-X Adrian Norton WR · 383 rec yds · 12g
WR-Z De'Andre Tamarez WR · 395 rec yds · 12g
WR-SL Chris Culliver WR · 100 rec yds · 6g · at UNC

The situation

Marshall 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 12.5% 74
Red zone TD rate 65.1% 26
Line yards per carry 2.9 85
Sack rate allowed 4.7% 77

2025 Game log

WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1 @ UGA 1
W2 MOSU1 6 4 43
W3Eastern Kentucky Colonels 1 1 18
W4 @ MTU 4 4 46 2 2
W5 @ ULL 4 3 29
W7 ODU 3 3 31
W8 TXST 6 5 46
W10 @ CCAR 5 3 26 1
W11 JMU 4 3 14 1
W12 @ GAST 5 5 110 1 1
W13 @ APP 5 3 18
W14 GASO 4 3 12

Recruiting

2022 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2022 board
#1116 Caleb Merritt WR · John Burroughs School WYO
#1116 Terry Moore ATH · Washington DUKE
#1116 Toby Payne TE · Poca MRSH
#1116 Cade Yacamelli ATH · Penn Trafford WIS
#1116 Jaleel Johnson DL · Putnam City North OKST
TEs in the class
#63 Brodie Tagaloa De La Salle NEB
#64 Zach Courtney Post COLO
#65 Toby Payne Poca MRSH
#66 Gabe Burkle Cedar Rapids Prairie ISU
#67 Josh Kattus Archbishop Moeller UK
2025 · 91th pctile of TEs
Recruit · 56th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.