VJ Payne

lifecycle: rookie (no NFL regular season yet) — no NFL regular season yet (nflverse rookie_season 2026) (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T16:51:12.189Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T16:51:12.189Z)

• Signed through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$1,134,544Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$554,544Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• Free agency2030 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · TB at NYJDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · NYJ at PITDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NYG at NYJDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

1. 2025 · Kansas State · defensive59 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
2. 2024 · Kansas State · defensive64 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
3. 2023 · Kansas State · defensive57 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
4. 2022 · Kansas State · defensive14 tkl · 1 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14

2026 · round 7 · pick 228 · NYJ · Kansas St.

1. 2026 Combine · SAF · Kansas St. · 6-3 · 206 lb40 4.4 · vert 35" · broad 127"

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file

• 2026-08-30 · NYJ · Injured Reserveplaced OL Anez Cooper and DB VJ Payne on reserve/injured list designated for return.NYJ transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20

derived from filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

• 2026-08-30 · NYJplaced OL Anez Cooper and DB VJ Payne on reserve/injured list designated for return.
• 2026-05-08 · NYJSigned Edge David Bailey, TE Kenyon Sadiq, CB D'Angelo Ponds, QB Cade Klubnik, OL Anez Cooper & DB VJ Payne to rookie contracts.

window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19

filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source

0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present