CFB Zeitgeist Score
76
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 85th percentile.
Ja'Kobi Lane
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
745 REC YDS · 49 REC · 4 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season
#80Rd 3 · Pick 16
Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season
WR · USC · BIG TEN
Ja'Kobi Lane
- 3
- #8
- 6-4 | 200 lb
- Mesa, AZ
Heisman Heat
#255
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2023
USC · WR
—
2024
USC · WR
—
★
2025
USC · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 3, Pick 16 · #80 overall · Baltimore
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+701%
Up 701% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
USC
NFL
NFL Draft
R3 · #80
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-star | 0.8991 | No. 346 recruit | HighSchool | USC |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to USC
Composite
0.8991
#346 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 3, Pick 16
#80 overall · Baltimore
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Ja'Kobi Lane
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Ja'Kobi Lane
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
15.2
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #100 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 81st
Why it matters
#100 of 531 All FBS WRs at 15.2 yards per reception (49 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 15.2 (81th)
HIGH · n=49 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#79 / 531
- Receiving TDs#161 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 3 at Purdue — 115 ypr
Result W 33-17
The week the volume broke through — put up 115 yds at Purdue.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
745Rec yards
49Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
67.7Rec yards
4Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
880.5Rec yards
58Receptions
5Rec TDs
✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 745.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 745): needs 127.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 49): needs 5.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 49): needs 15.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 2/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
Why the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Ja'Kobi Lane already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
49 89th
YDS
745 92nd
YPR
15.2 77th
TD
4 86th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| 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@ Illinois | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-13vs Michigan | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-34@ 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@ Oregon | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 14 | W 29-10vs UCLA | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 28 | |
| Total | 49 | 745 | 16.5 | 4 | 59 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo
2024USC7-6HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning
2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 49 | #123/1110 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 745 | #86/1107 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #152/1111 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 15.2 | #255/1106 | 77th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 19.1% | #104/1137 | 91st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 59 | #184/1105 | 83rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 14.4% | #57/1137 | 95th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 13.0% | #97/1137 | 92nd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 9.6% | #114/1137 | 90th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 9.3% | #148/1137 | 87th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 8.4% | #129/1137 | 89th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.1% | #180/1137 | 84th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
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 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 4.1 | 60.9 | 16.9 | 0.4 |
| Losses3g | 5.3 | 86.0 | 15.4 | 0.3 |
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 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
76All-Conference
Elite: rec yards (84th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Ja'Kobi LaneUSCHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 93% simNik McMillanBuffalo· 90% simKyre DuplessisDelaware· 87% sim
Rec yards
Receptions
Yards / catch
Long catch
Rec TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jayden Higgins’s 2023 season.
Jayden Higgins
77%match
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 2
#2
Jason Brownlee
72%
#3
Art Green
71%
#4
Malik Heath
75%
#5
Tyrone Howell
All-Sun Belt
73%
Matches Jayden on
Total EPA (college ability)
Class year
TD rate
Differs from Jayden on
Yards / reception (lower)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Derry’s path through Monmouth.
Joshua Derry
98%match
#2
Dillon Stoner
96%
#3
Brian Thomas Jr.
All-SECNFL Rd 1 · Pk 23
95%
#4
Josh Palmer
94%
#5
Blayne Taylor
94%
Matches Joshua on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Lawrence Arnold's junior season at Kansas (2022).
Lawrence Arnold
78%match
#2
Brenden Rice
NFL Rd 7
75%
#3
Holden Willis
All-Conference USA
74%
#4
Malik Knowles
All-Big 12
73%
#5
Christian Moss
72%
Matches Lawrence on
Reception volume
Height
EPA / play (adj)
Differs from Lawrence on
Class year (lower)
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
OL sack rate (allowed)
3.8%
313 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Lincoln Riley
USC
2024
Lincoln Riley
USC
2025
Lincoln Riley
USC
Played his entire career under Lincoln Riley.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMesa, AZ
Height6'4"
Weight200 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey8
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Current teamUSC
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | USC | Big Ten | WR |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.