Antavious Lane: DB · North Carolina · #1.
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Antavious Lane
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The six seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Shawn Elliott, Mack Brown and Freddie Kitchens. Named All-Sun Belt three seasons running, most recently in 2022. On tape: 11 tackles against Boston College, Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
74 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 3
Syracuse.com Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | North Carolina | 74 | 56 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 62 | 33 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia State | 86 | 62 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | 2 |
| 2021 | Georgia State | 81 | 61 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 |
| 2020 | Georgia State | 55 | 39 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 |
| 2019 | Georgia State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 361 | 253 | 13.5 | 1.0 | 15 | 11 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-17@ Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-10vs North Carolina Central | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 50-70vs James Madison | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-21@ Duke | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-34vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 34-41vs Georgia Tech | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-14@ Virginia | 9 | 8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-11@ Florida State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24vs Wake Forest | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-41@ Boston College | 11 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 30-35vs NC State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-27vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 56 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Week 9 · 2024
W 41-14
at Virginia
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
Dominant 27-point win on the road against Virginia.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
74tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL74 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 7.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Freddie Kitchens
Pass share
44.2%
391 pass / 493 run
Plays / game
68.0
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
74 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #158 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Georgia State and North Carolina, 361 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Shawn Elliott and Mack Brown.
