Player Dossier

2023-2025

USC

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR • 6'4" • 200 lbs • Mesa, AZ, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Ja'Kobi Lane reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

67

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

72

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Player Story

Ja'Kobi Lane built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Mesa, AZ wearing No. 8, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Ja'Kobi Lane's career was his receiving role: 99 catches,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8991

Red Mountain · Mesa, AZ

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 16
Overall
No. 80
NFL Team
Baltimore Ravens

Ja'Kobi Lane, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · USC. Ja'Kobi Lane reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,363
Receptions
99
Touchdowns
18

Quick Answers

Ja'Kobi Lane quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,363
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · USC
Top game
Texas A&M
Recruit profile
4-star · Red Mountain · USC
High school pipeline
Red Mountain · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 3 · Pick 16 · Baltimore Ravens
Latest roster
No. 8 · Junior
2025 Receiving yards rank
745 receiving yards · WR 86th (top 8%) · Big Ten 11th (top 4%) · National 87th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 PostseasonUSC5360230.3
2023 Regular SeasonUSC5433030.3
2024 PostseasonUSC127127359.1
2024 Regular SeasonUSC1236398959.1
2025 Regular SeasonUSC1149745479

Related Context

Ja'Kobi Lane played WR for USC. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ja'Kobi Lane recorded 1,363 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 18 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

USC paired 745 primary output with 81 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 81 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · USC

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

67.7

Efficiency

81

Usage

20.3

Consistency

67.4

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri State: 33. Georgia Southern: 91. Purdue: 115. Illinois: 39. Michigan: 35. Notre Dame: 111. Nebraska: 22. Northwestern: 74. Iowa: 65. Oregon: 108. UCLA: 52

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri State: 3 by 73.3. Georgia Southern: 3 by 100. Purdue: 3 by 100. Illinois: 4 by 65. Michigan: 5 by 46.7. Notre Dame: 6 by 100. Nebraska: 2 by 73.3. Northwestern: 7 by 70.5. Iowa: 7 by 61.9. Oregon: 6 by 100. UCLA: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins60.9 · Games = 8 · -25.1 vs Losses
Losses86 · Games = 3 · +25.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

100 vs UCLA

Result
Sun 11/30vs UCLAW 29-1035217.317.30028
Sat 11/22@ Oregon100 receiving yardsL 27-4261081818032
Sat 11/15vs IowaW 26-217659.39.30014
Sat 11/8vs NorthwesternW 38-1777410.610.60114
Sat 11/1@ NebraskaW 21-172221111013
Sat 10/18@ Notre Dame100 receiving yardsL 24-34611118.518.50159
Sat 10/11vs MichiganW 31-1353577111
Sat 9/27@ IllinoisL 32-344399.89.80014
Sat 9/13@ Purdue100 receiving yardsW 33-17311538.338.30059
Sat 9/6vs Georgia SouthernW 59-2039130.330.30153
Sat 8/30vs Missouri StateW 73-133331111016

Player Story

Ja'Kobi Lane story

Ja'Kobi Lane built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Mesa, AZ wearing No. 8, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Ja'Kobi Lane's career was his receiving role: 99 catches, 1,363 receiving yards, and 18 touchdowns across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ja'Kobi Lane's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    USC

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonUSC93645.5
2023 Regular SeasonUSC93645.50
2024 PostseasonUSC52569.913.7432
2024 Regular SeasonUSC52569.913.70
2025 Regular SeasonUSC7458120.3220

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Texas A&M

Week 1 · W 35-31 · Postseason

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

127

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

127 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 5 Notre Dame

Week 8 · L 24-34 · Ranked opponent

111

Receiving Yards

95.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

111 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 4 Oregon

Week 13 · L 27-42 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

108

Receiving Yards

90.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

108 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ No. 90 Purdue

Week 3 · W 33-17 · Conference game

115

Receiving Yards

86.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

115 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Wisconsin

Week 5 · W 38-21 · Conference game

105

Receiving Yards

84.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

105 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · USC

745 primary output · 81 efficiency · 20.3 usage

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#2

2024 Postseason · USC

59.1

525 primary · 69.9 efficiency · 13.7 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · USC

59.1

525 primary · 69.9 efficiency · 13.7 usage

Milestones

5

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

4

2+ TD games