Player Dossier

2011-2015

Michigan State

Paul Lang

TE • 6'5" • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Paul Lang reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

13

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8036

Mt. Lebanon · Pittsburgh, PA

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Paul Lang, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Michigan State. Paul Lang reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
136
Receptions
15
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Paul Lang quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
136
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 11 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Michigan State
Top game
Rutgers
Recruit profile
3-star · Mt. Lebanon · Michigan State
High school pipeline
Mt. Lebanon · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 83 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
129 receiving yards · TE 117th (top 39%) · Big Ten 86th (top 39%) · National 797th (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonMichigan State0-00-
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan State338125.3
2013 Regular SeasonMichigan State0-00-
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan State11-1030.1
2015 PostseasonMichigan State7117065.8
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan State710112065.8

Related Context

Paul Lang played TE for Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Paul Lang recorded 136 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Michigan State paired 129 primary output with 72.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 72.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 85.7th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2015 Postseason · Michigan State

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

18.4

Efficiency

72.1

Usage

8.5

Consistency

63

Best Game by takeover score

Rutgers

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 17. Oregon: 3. Central Michigan: 9. Purdue: 14. Rutgers: 34. Indiana: 35. Iowa: 17

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 1 by 100. Oregon: 1 by 20. Central Michigan: 1 by 60. Purdue: 2 by 46.7. Rutgers: 2 by 100. Indiana: 3 by 77.8. Iowa: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins18.7 · Games = 6 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses17 · Games = 1 · -1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Rutgers

Best efficiency game

100 vs Alabama

Result
Fri 1/1@ AlabamaL 0-381171717017
Sun 12/6@ IowaW 16-131171717017
Sat 10/24vs IndianaW 52-2633511.711.70021
Sun 10/11@ RutgersW 31-242341717020
Sat 10/3vs PurdueW 24-2121477012
Sat 9/26vs Central MichiganW 30-10199909
Sun 9/13vs OregonW 31-28133303

Career Arc

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

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    Michigan State

    2011-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201120122013201420152015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonMichigan State0
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan State817.85.98
2013 Regular SeasonMichigan State0-8
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan State-107.1-1
2015 PostseasonMichigan State12972.18.5130
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan State12972.18.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Rutgers

Week 6 · W 31-24 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

34

Receiving Yards

74.9 takeover

34 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Indiana

Week 8 · W 52-26 · Conference game

35

Receiving Yards

70.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

35 receiving yards with a 77.8 efficiency score.

#3

@ Iowa

Week 14 · W 16-13 · Conference game

17

Receiving Yards

56.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

17 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Alabama

Week 1 · L 0-38 · Postseason

17

Receiving Yards

55.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

17 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Ohio State

Week 5 · L 16-17 · Conference game

4

Receiving Yards

47.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

4 receiving yards with a 26.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Michigan State

129 primary output · 72.1 efficiency · 8.5 usage

65.8

#2

2015 Regular Season · Michigan State

65.8

129 primary · 72.1 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Michigan State

30.1

-1 primary · 0 efficiency · 7.1 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games