Ja'Kobi Lane

Former wide receiver at USC. 2025: 49 catches, 745 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · USC · Jr. · #8

6′4″ · 200 lb · Mesa, AZ

CFB Index 69 · #86 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Baltimore — Rd 3, Pick 16, #80 overall

How he plays

Beats you over the top.

EPA / target: 93rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

745

receiving yards · 2025

49 catches · 4 TD · 15.2 per catch

Best game: 6 rec, 111 yds, 1 TD, at Notre Dame

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at USC. 2025: 49 catches, 745 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to USC in 2023.
Drafted round 3 by the Baltimore in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at USC, 1,363 receiving yards — drafted at #80 overall by Baltimore.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 115 yds at Purdue.Purdue · W 33-172025

20235 games

Signed with USC4-star out of Red Mountain

202511 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenthird

2026

Drafted by Baltimoreround 3, pick 80

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#400 national

CFB

College

USC

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #80

Baltimore · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Lincoln Riley

USC

Played his entire career under Lincoln Riley.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

#80Rd 3 · Pick 16

Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Lincoln Riley — 24-15 over that span.

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2024USC7-6HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning

2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

69Quality starter #86 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (93rd percentile). Strength: yards / catch (88th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#57 / 798 · 93rd pct

0.79

Yards / catch#98 / 798 · 88th pct

15.3

TD rate#195 / 798 · 75th pct

4.3%

Explosive rate#324 / 798 · 59th pct

11.6%

Catch rate#351 / 798 · 55th pct

69.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#86 / 558 · 85th pct

745

Receptions#123 / 558 · 78th pct

Yards / catch#128 / 558 · 77th pct

15.2

Long catch#164 / 558 · 70th pct

Rec TDs#152 / 558 · 68th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

98th → 93rd percentile

Explosive rate

34th → 59th percentile

Catch rate

81st → 55th percentile

TD rate

100th → 75th percentile

Yards / catch

47th → 88th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

26%18 of his 69 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.7	58.3	14.2	0.5
Road5g	4.2	79.0	19.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	62.6	19.3	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	72.0	14.1	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #86 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #86 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	USC	49	745	15.2	4	--
2024	USC	43	525	12.2	12	--
2023	USC	7	93	13.3	2	--
Career		99	1,363	13.8	18	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 26–21

vs Iowa

7 rec · 65 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With J. Maiava — 254 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.7 · 11 rush yds (5 car) · M. Lemon — 1 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Notre Dame · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +4.84Jayden Maiava pass complete to Ja'Kobi Lane for 59 yds for a TD (Ja'Kobi Lane pass to for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 3 · Purdue · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.08Jayden Maiava pass complete to Ja'Kobi Lane for 42 yds to the PUR 21 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +4.01Jayden Maiava pass complete to Ja'Kobi Lane for 53 yds to the GASO 15 for a 1ST down Georgia Southern Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference (Chris Crouch) declined for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oregon · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.97(03:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 J.Maiava pass complete deep left to #8 J.Lane caught at ORE40, for 32 yards to the ORE36 (#5 T.Johnson; #21 A.Flowers), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Purdue · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.82Jayden Maiava pass complete to Ja'Kobi Lane for 59 yds to the PUR 28 for a 1ST down USC Penalty, Sideline Inteference (Kameryn Fountain) to the PUR 43 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oregon · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.43(14:13) Shotgun #14 J.Maiava pass complete deep left to #8 J.Lane caught at ORE46, for 27 yards to the ORE44, out of bounds at ORE44, 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Northwestern · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.99(08:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 J.Maiava pass complete short right to #8 J.Lane caught at NU00, for 10 yards to the NU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:56, 1ST DOWN #48 R.Sayeri kick attempt good (H: #80 S.Johnson, LS: #31 H.Pepper)
Week 8 · Notre Dame · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Jayden Maiava pass complete to Ja'Kobi Lane for 16 yds to the USC 46 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Illinois · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.60Jayden Maiava pass complete to Ja'Kobi Lane for 6 yds to the USC 48 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Northwestern · 2&14 · Q4 · EPA +2.56(14:16) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 J.Maiava pass complete short left to #8 J.Lane caught at USC44, for 14 yards to the USC46 (#7 O.Adeyi), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 73-13vs Missouri State	3	33	11.0	0	16
Wk 2	W 59-20vs Georgia Southern	3	91	30.3	1	53
Wk 3	W 33-17@ Purdue	3	115	38.3	0	59	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 5	L 32-34@ Illinois	4	39	9.8	0	14
Wk 7	W 31-13vs Michigan	5	35	7.0	1	11
Wk 8	L 24-34@ Notre Dame	6	111	18.5	1	59
Wk 10	W 21-17@ Nebraska	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 11	W 38-17vs Northwestern	7	74	10.6	1	14
Wk 12	W 26-21vs Iowa	7	65	9.3	0	14
Wk 13	L 27-42@ Oregon	6	108	18.0	0	32
Wk 14	W 29-10vs UCLA	3	52	17.3	0	28
Total		49	745	16.5	4	59

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

14/193rd-down conversions

1.693rd-down EPA/target

0.49Other-downs EPA/target

14 of 19 caught on third down (73.7%) — EPA/target 1.69 vs 0.49 elsewhere (14 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.