Ja'Kobi Lane: WR · USC · #8.
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Ja'Kobi Lane
Beats you over the top. Third year in the USC receiving corps. First career honor, 2025: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 115 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Purdue — Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
Money down · 3rd-down role
Money down
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| 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@ No. 23 Illinois | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-13vs No. 15 Michigan | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-34@ No. 13 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@ No. 6 Oregon | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 14 | W 29-10vs UCLA | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 28 | |
| Total | 49 | 745 | 15.2 | 4 | 59 |
Week 8 · 2025
L 24-34
at Notre Dame
6 rec · 111 yds · 1 TD
With J. Maiava — 328 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 87.5 · S. Johnson — 51.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 59 long
The plays that mattered most
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
7019% of team targetsCatch rate
70%49 of 70 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
70% catch rate on 70 targets · 19% of the team's targets · 29% catch rate on 7 deep targets (20+ air yds).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
3 seasons under Lincoln Riley — 24-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
50.4%
420 pass / 414 run
Plays / game
64.2
13 games
Team sack rate
2.9%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #86 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at USC, 1,363 receiving yards — drafted at #80 overall by the Baltimore Ravens.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Lincoln Riley.
Next stop · NFL
Baltimore Ravens2026 NFL rookie season
Baltimore Ravens2026 NFL rookie season
