#83

Jaylin Lane

Former wide receiver at Virginia Tech. 2024: 38 catches, 466 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #83

5′10″ · 192 lb · Clover, SC

CFB Index 49 · #205 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceWashington — drafted 2025, Rd 4, Pick 26, #128 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1912 nationally · Signed with Middle Tennessee

Statement game10 rec · 179 ydsvs UTSA (FBS) · L 30-45

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Virginia Tech. 2024: 38 catches, 466 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Middle Tennessee in 2020.
Transferred from Middle Tennessee to Virginia Tech in 2023.
Drafted round 4 by the Washington in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Virginia Tech, 2,532 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #128 overall by Washington.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 179 yds vs UTSA.UTSA · L 30-452022

20207 games

Signed with Middle Tennessee3-star out of Clover

202111 games

All-Conference USAfirst

202211 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202312 games

Entered the portal

202412 games

All-ACC

2025

Drafted by Washingtonround 4, pick 128

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1912 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #128

Washington · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

2021

J.C. Price

Virginia Tech

era →

2022–2024

Brent Pry

Virginia Tech

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 2nd NFL season

#128Rd 4 · Pick 26

WashingtonEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Middle Tennessee3-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2021Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Middle Tennessee8-5HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

2024Virginia Tech6-7HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #205 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (95th percentile). Strength: rush tds (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#171 / 610 · 72nd pct

19.0%

Yards / catch#265 / 610 · 57th pct

12.4

Catch rate#291 / 610 · 52nd pct

90.5%

EPA / target#322 / 610 · 47th pct

0.85

TD rate#354 / 610 · 41st pct

4.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#15 / 299 · 95th pct

116

Rush TDs#9 / 299 · 95th pct

Long catch#112 / 541 · 79th pct

Receptions#201 / 541 · 62nd pct

Rec yards#223 / 541 · 59th pct

466

Yards / catch#314 / 541 · 41st pct

12.3

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

68th → 47th percentile

Explosive rate

44th → 72nd percentile

Catch rate

65th → 52nd percentile

TD rate

82nd → 41st percentile

Yards / catch

42nd → 57th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	35.0	11.4	0.2
Road6g	3.5	42.7	11.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	54.2	13.7	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	23.5	8.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #205 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #205 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Virginia Tech	38	466	12.3	2	--
2023	Virginia Tech	41	538	13.1	6	--
2022	Middle Tennessee	69	940	13.6	5	--
2021	Middle Tennessee	42	466	11.1	4	--
2020	Middle Tennessee	13	122	9.4	1	--
Career		203	2,532	12.5	18	--

Season	Team
2024	Virginia Tech	18	116	21	254	1
2023	Virginia Tech	14	51	18	31	--
2022	Middle Tennessee	3	4	263	152	--
2021	Middle Tennessee	11	93	285	295	1
2020	Middle Tennessee	--	--	274	10	--
Career		46	264	861	742	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 31–14

vs Marshall

4 rec · 41 yds

With P. Moore — 42 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 46 LONG · K. Drones — 130 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 27.4 · 13 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Virginia · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +4.83William Watson III pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 66 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)
Week 4 · Rutgers · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.83Kyron Drones pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 34 yds to the RUTG 28 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.78Kyron Drones pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 46 yds to the ODU 34 for a 1ST down Old Dominion Penalty, Personal Foul (Jahron Manning) to the ODU 19 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Vanderbilt · 1&20 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Kyron Drones pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 24 yds to the VAN 42 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Old Dominion · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Kyron Drones pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 14 yds to the ODU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Miami · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Jaylin Lane run for 20 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)
Week 1 · Vanderbilt · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.96Kyron Drones pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 26 yds to the VT 47 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Kyron Drones pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 25 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)
Week 1 · Vanderbilt · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Kyron Drones pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 11 yds to the VT 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Georgia Tech · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Jaylin Lane pass complete to Kyron Drones for 6 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 27-34@ Vanderbilt	4	62	15.5	0	26
Wk 2	W 31-14vs Marshall	4	41	10.3	0	20
Wk 3	W 37-17@ Old Dominion	7	106	15.1	1	46	Season-high 106 yds
Wk 4	L 23-26vs Rutgers	2	38	19.0	0	34
Wk 5	L 34-38@ Miami	4	49	12.3	0	21
Wk 6	W 31-7@ Stanford	3	29	9.7	0	13
Wk 8	W 42-21vs Boston College	3	22	7.3	0	10
Wk 9	W 21-6vs Georgia Tech	2	6	3.0	0	7
Wk 10	L 31-38@ Syracuse	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 11	L 14-24vs Clemson	2	12	6.0	0	6
Wk 13	L 28-31@ Duke	3	10	3.3	0	6
Wk 14	W 37-17vs Virginia	4	91	22.8	1	66
Total		38	466	11.3	2	66

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jaylin Lane

20207 games

202111 games

202211 games

202312 games

202412 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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