Cole Payton

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 2026-10-17T12:26:04.055Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-10-17T12:26:04.055Z)

• Signed through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$1,189,869Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$979,869Over 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 · 2026-08-15 · PHI at BAL4/9, 37 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · 3 car, 45 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · PHI at NE1/1, 10 yds, 0 TD, 0 INTOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · CIN at PHI0/2, 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 INTOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29

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 · North Dakota State · passing162/225 · 2719 yds · 16 TD · 4 INTCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
2. 2024 · North Dakota State · passing10/16 · 125 yds · 2 TD · 1 INTCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
3. 2023 · North Dakota State · passing18/27 · 289 yds · 3 TD · 0 INTCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
4. 2022 · North Dakota State · passing8/12 · 51 yds · 0 TD · 1 INTCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14

2026 · round 5 · pick 178 · PHI · North Dakota St.

Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id PaytCo00: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)

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

Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name 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) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)

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)

• 2026-05-01 · PHISigned the following draft picks to their four-year rookie contracts: WR Makai Lemon, QB Cole Payton, G Micah Morris, S Cole Wisniewski, DE Uar Bernard, and OLB Keyshawn James-Newby
• 2026-04-25 · PHISelected QB Cole Payton with the 178th overall pick (5th round) in the 2026 NFL Draft.

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