Rico Payton Fantasy Projections | This Week, Season

Player Information

Team	NYG	Pos	DB (CB)	Age	26
Height	6' 0"	Weight	182

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Rico Payton Rest of Season Projections

Rico Payton of the New York Giants is ranked #194 in our 2026 rest of season DB rankings.

Games	Snaps	Tackles	Tackles Solo	Tackles Ast	TFL	Sacks	Pass Def	Ints	Fum Forc	Fum Rec	Saf	TD Ret	Ret Yds	STD PTS
1	10.0	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.2

Rico Payton 2026 Outlook | New York Giants DB Depth Chart

Name	Pos Det	This Week Role	This Week Snap%	ROS Role	ROS Snap%	YTD Games	YTD Snap%	LY Team	LY Games
Paulson Adebo	CB	Starter	100	Starter	100	11	67	NO	7
Andru Phillips	CB	Starter	80	Starter	80	16	65	NYG	14
Deonte Banks	CB	Starter	80	Starter	80	13	39	NYG	14
Rico Payton	CB	Backup	16	Backup	16	1	1	NO	3
Korie Black	CB	Backup	16	Backup	16	5	17	NA	0
Art Green	CB	Depth	5	Depth	5	0	0	DAL	3
Beau Brade	FS	Depth	7	Depth	7	0	0	BAL	1
Dane Belton	SS	Starter	88	Starter	88	15	59	NYG	13
Raheem Layne	SS	Starter	85	Starter	85	2	5	NYG	2

New York Giants 2026 Schedule

The bye week for Rico Payton and the New York Giants in 2026 is Week 10.

w1	w2	w3	w4	w5	w6	w7	w8	w9	w10	w11	w12	w13	w14	w15	w16	w17	w18
@WAS	@DAL	KC	LAC	@NO	PHI	@DEN	@PHI	SF	@CHI	GB	@DET	@NE	OFF	WAS	MIN	@LV	DAL

Rico Payton Projections | Week 18

Rico Payton Week 18 projected points and position rank. Standard scoring defined as: Solo Tackles * 1.5 + Assisted Tackles * 0.75 + Tackles For Loss * 2 + Sacks * 4 + Interceptions * 5 + Fumbles Forced * 4 + Fumbles Recovered * 4 + TD Returns * 6 + Safeties * 2 + Passes Defended * 1.5. Subscribe to see projections for all players!

Week	Day	Hour	Opp	Status	STD PTS	STD Pos Rank	Updated
18	SUN	1	DAL	Healthy	1.19	196	1/2_04:44:04 PM_EST

Rico Payton week 18 fantasy football projections. Assisted tackles counted as 0.5. Subscribe to see projections for all players!

Week	Day	Hour	Opp	Snaps	Tackles	TFL	Sacks	Ints	Fum For	Fum Rec	Pass Def	Safeties	TD Returns	Return Yds
18	SUN	1	DAL	10	0.6	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.1

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Rico Payton Game Log

Snaps updated on Thursday/Fridays for previous week's game. Standard scoring defined as: Tackles + Sacks * 2 + Interceptions * 2 + Fumbles Forced * 2 + Fumbles Recovered * 2 + TD Returns * 6 + Safeties * 2 + Passes Defended.

	Week	Opp	Snap %	Snaps	Tack %	Tack Tot	Tack Solo	Pass Def	STD Pos Rk	STD PTS
2025	17	@LV	15.3	9	1.6	1	1	0	171	1
2024	15	WAS	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	203	0
2024	5	@KC	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	182	0
2024	1	CAR	11.9	7	0.0	0	0	1	174	1

Rico Payton Stats | Season

Rico Payton stats and fantasy value. Standard scoring defined as: Tackles + Sacks * 2 + Interceptions * 2 + Fumbles Forced * 2 + Fumbles Recovered * 2 + TD Returns * 6 + Safeties * 2 + Passes Defended.

	Team	Age	Games	Snap %	Snaps	Tackle %	Tack Tot	Tack Solo	Tack Asst	Tack PG	Sacks	Sacks PG	Ints	Fum For	Fum Rec	Pass Def	TD Ret	Ret Yds	STD	STD PG	STD Pos Rank	STD Per Game Rank
2025	NYG	26	1	0.8	9	0.1	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.0	341	271
2024	NO	25	3	0.0	7	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.3	342	278

Player data for Rico Payton maintained by Rudy Gamble | Updated: 2026-01-02 15:44:04 EST

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