Player Dossier

2024-2025

Penn State

Dejuan Lane

S • 6'2" • 212 lbs • Jessup, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dejuan Lane shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.9

Efficiency

16.6

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

12.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Dejuan Lane, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Penn State. Dejuan Lane shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Penn State paired 4 primary output with 12.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · Penn State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

16.6

Usage

3.9

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 1. Nevada: 2. Florida International: 0. Unknown: 1. UCLA: 0.5. Northwestern: 0. Iowa: 0. Michigan State: 0. Nebraska: 0. Rutgers: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 5 by 30.8. Nevada: 2 by 28.3. Florida International: 2 by 8.3. Unknown: 5 by 30.8. UCLA: 4 by 21.7. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.5 · n=6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · n=3 · -0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.9 · n=5 · +0.9 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=5 · -0.9 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 12/27@ ClemsonW 22-1053001
Sat 11/29@ RutgersW 40-3622000
Sun 11/23vs NebraskaW 37-1022000
Sat 11/15@ Michigan StateW 28-1011000
Sat 10/18@ IowaL 24-2532000
Sat 10/11vs NorthwesternL 21-2232000
Sat 10/4@ UCLAL 37-42430.5000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown55100
Sat 9/6vs Florida InternationalW 34-021000
Sat 8/30vs NevadaW 46-1122110

Career Arc

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

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    Penn State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonPenn State412.82.1
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State412.82.10
2025 PostseasonPenn State4.516.63.90.5
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State4.516.63.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Nevada

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.2 takeover score.

#2

Maryland

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.6 takeover score.

#3

Purdue

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.1 takeover score.

#4

SMU

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#5

Wisconsin

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · Penn State

4 primary output · 12.8 efficiency · 2.1 usage

20.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Penn State

20.2

4 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 2.1 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Penn State

12.9

4.5 primary · 16.6 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9041

Gilman · Baltimore, MD

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

44

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 18 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Dejuan Lane quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
S
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
44