Artis-Payne is a patient runner with good vision and power.
Artis-Payne rushed for 1,608 yards last season and was an honorable-mention All-American and a team offensive Most Valuable Player.
He finished with 2,218 career rushing yards and 19 touchdowns.
Artis-Payne is a junior college transfer who had 610 yards and six touchdowns in his first season after transferring.
The Harrisburg, Pa., native was the nation's top junior college running back at Allan Hancock in California, rushing for 2,048 yards and 25 touchdowns in 2012 and 1,364 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2011 as a freshman.