# Cole Payton — what pundits predicted

QB · North Dakota State



9 checkable claims from 6 pundits. These are other people's predictions about what he will do — we grade the prediction, never the player.

## What pundits expect (5 unsettled)

- Cole Payton to make the roster — [Jeff Kerr](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/jeff-kerr), for 2026, said Aug 28, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ae8f39f7-dab8-4908-a53e-e3401a7c8bee
- Cole Payton to be 3rd on the depth chart — [Jeff Kerr](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/jeff-kerr), for 2026, said Aug 28, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ae8f39f7-dab8-4908-a53e-e3401a7c8bee
- Cole Payton to be 3rd on the depth chart — [Jeff Kerr](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/jeff-kerr), for 2026, said Aug 6, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/7e002ba3-6297-4f11-bb72-fe469a4ead86
- Cole Payton to be 2nd on the depth chart — [Derek Brown](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/derek-brown), for 2026, said May 3, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/74b1d5fd-763f-4b10-9641-735f738a70b4
- Cole Payton to be picked “day two” — [JP Acosta](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/jp-acosta), for 2026, said Mar 2, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f4ecf30e-8a7a-43e8-8ba6-de0aae7579bc

## Settled (4)

- Cole Payton to make the roster — [Josh Edwards](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/josh-edwards), for 2026, said Aug 25, 2026; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 100) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/6d8a3644-15ed-4b81-b21a-e85ab3e8f2c1
- Cole Payton to post vertical jump around forty inches at the combine — [Bruce Feldman](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/bruce-feldman), for 2025, said Feb 26, 2026; scored 100 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 23.78) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/5e1fcde8-99d6-4c8e-811c-eeee574c2a5c
- Cole Payton to be picked “maybe he'll be in the fifth or a fourth fifth round range” (picks 101–181) — [Bruce Feldman](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/bruce-feldman), for 2025, said Feb 26, 2026; scored 100 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 50) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/5e1fcde8-99d6-4c8e-811c-eeee574c2a5c
- Cole Payton to be picked “pushing into the first round or somewhere up into the top fifty” (picks 1–32) — [Nick Baumgardner](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/nick-baumgardner), for 2025, said Feb 28, 2026; scored 0.18 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 50) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/47f9c639-053c-4341-8e6c-4d167dcee224

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