Re: 2015 DT Daron Payne
I only watched these two against Buckhorn, which was a mismatch, but my off the cuff thought is that Payne compares to Eric Kerley and Mixon compares to Brandon Brooks. So while it would be great to see either or both at Alabama, my initial impressions, based primarily on Payne being blocked when I paid attention straight up by a smaller white dude and Mixon scoring against out of position safeties running a 4.7, is that each will have a transition period before thriving in a top-level college program. That said Buckhorn could not get anything going so it is possible that Payne forced them out of their plan. I did not stare at him the whole game.