Colorado University Athletics
Davien Payne Biography
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HIGH SCHOOLGÇöSuperPrep ranked him as the No. 129 player in the Far West Region, which included being the No. 121 player overall and No. 6 running back from California. Rivals ranks him as the No. 46 running back nationally, the No. 98 player from California and No. 5 running back from the Golden State. ESPN ranks him as the No. 49 running back, No. 84 player from California and No. 123 player in the West Region, while Scout tabs him the No. 58 running back nationally. He earned first-team All-Southern Section Eastern Division and first-team All-Mountain Pass League honors and was the Citrus Hill Most Valuable Player both his junior and senior seasons. He was also the Mountain Pass Most Valuable Player his junior season. In his career, he rushed 529 times for 3,806 yards and 57 touchdowns. He had 18 career games with 100-plus yards, seven with 200-plus and one game over 300 yards. He scored touchdowns in 21 of 24 games spanning his junior and senior seasons, and in that span had multiple touchdowns 15 times. He also had four-or-more touchdowns six times, five-or-more four times, and six touchdowns twice. He also caught 14 passes for 218 yards. As a senior, he rushed 171 times for 1,500 yards and 28 touchdowns. He had eight 100-yard rushing games and three games with 200-plus yards. He ran for multiple touchdowns in eight games and had four-or-more scores three times. He compiled 208 yards and two touchdowns on just 12 carries in a 42-0 win over Perris, and in a 49-14 thrashing of Tahquitz, he had six touchdowns and 215 yards rushing on just 15 carries. The next game in a 69-28 win over West Valley, he had four more touchdowns with 14 carries for 112 yards. Against Norte Vista, he had 15 rushes for 166 yards and five touchdowns. More one-dimensional as a junior, he had 318 carries for 1,928 yards and 27 touchdowns. In 11 games on the season, he went over 100 yards on 10 occasions, with four 200-yard performances and a 300-yard game. He scored touchdowns in 10 of 11 games with multiple touchdowns seven times and four-or-more on three occasions. In his first start, he ran 34 times for 325 yards and four touchdowns in a 51-25 win over Canyon Springs, and followed up that game with 30 carries for 235 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-13 win over Moreno Valley. After being held under 100 yards the only time that season, he responded with 32 carries for 228 yards and six touchdowns in a 48-19 win over Tahquitz. In a 15-13 win over West Valley, he scored both touchdowns with 45 carries for 190 yards and followed that up with another 40 carry game, this time 41 for 241 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-18 win over San Jacinto. As a sophomore playing mainly junior varsity, he still racked up 40 carries for 319 yards and two touchdowns in spot duty on varsity. Citrus Hill was 39-6 in his three years there (12-1 as a senior; 7-4 as a junior; 10-1 as a sophomore) and won two Mountain Pass League championships. He played basketball on the junior varsity team earlier in his high school career and also ran track and field, participating in a variety of events including the 100- and 400-meter dashes and the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays, and the shot put.
ACADEMICSGÇöHe is undecided on a major at Colorado but is interested in Criminal Justice. He has a career grade point average of over 3.0 and was honored as Citrus HillGÇÖs student of the month in October for attaining a 3.6 grade point average.
PERSONALGÇöHe was born November 24, 1992 in Perris, Calif. He enjoys spending time with his family, relaxing, hanging out with friends and working out. He developed and was president of a club in high school that helped special education students by organizing field trips and fun activities. He is the first member of his immediate family to attend college.