Antavious Lane

Former defensive back at North Carolina. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · North Carolina · Sr. · #1

5′8″ · 195 lb · West Palm Beach, FL

CFB Index 63 · #158 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceNorth Carolina 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1672 nationally · Signed with Georgia State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at North Carolina. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia State in 2019.
Transferred from Georgia State to North Carolina in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at North Carolina, 361 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20193 games

Signed with Georgia State3-star out of Dwyer

20207 games

The role got bigger.

All-Sun Beltsecond

202112 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

202211 games

All-Sun Beltthird

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1672 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2023

Mack Brown

North Carolina

2024

Freddie Kitchens

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Freddie Kitchens. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2020Georgia State6-4HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Georgia State8-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2022Georgia State4-8HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2024North Carolina6-7HC: Freddie Kitchens · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #158 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (93rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#30 / 2892 · 99th pct

Tackles#207 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#779 / 2892 · 71st pct

4.0

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.4	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #158 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #158 at the position.

Career stats

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 19–17

at Minnesota

3 SOLO · 3 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. Maginness — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG · O. Hampton — 129 rush yds (30 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week