Despite the picture in my profile I was never really that impressed with Phillip Payne's overall game. He was phenomenal on the back shoulder catch along the sideline, the fade into the end zone, and had a knack for high-pointing the ball and coming down with it. That said, he was at best average in the open field with the ball in his hands, never really made guys miss, dropped a lot of easy passes, and although he ran a 4.6 40 he never really seemed even that fast to me. In my opinion Boyd has far more upside than Payne ever did. The fact there was little improvement with Phillip during his four years tells me he pretty much dominated the high school level because he was simply bigger than the guys he was going up against. In three years he only had 2 100 yard games total. Some of it may have fallen on poor QB play, or a change in system with new coaches, but his stats are eerily similar ever year about 600 yards receiving and about 5-7 TDs and 14.6 YPC average (which isn't terrible)
This kid Macklin looks like he has similar physical tools to Payne. Maybe he won't ever reach the level Payne did at UNLV which wasn't bad at all, but he looks like he has the upside. Any idea what Macklin runs the 40 in?
