Ja'Kobi Lane
| No. 8 – USC Trojans | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class | Junior |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 5, 2004[1] |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Red Mountain (Mesa, Arizona) |
| College |
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| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Ja'Kobi Lane (born August 5, 2004)[1] is an American college football wide receiver for the USC Trojans.
Early life
Lane attended Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona.[2] He had 65 receptions for 823 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior and 76 receptions for 990 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior.[3] Lane was named the wide receiver MVP at the 2022 Elite 11.[4] He committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football.[5]
College career
As a true freshman at USC in 2023, Lane played in six games and had seven receptions for 93 yards and two touchdowns, both coming in the 2023 Holiday Bowl.[6] Lane earned more playing time his sophomore year in 2024.[7] He had a career-high 10 receptions for 105 yards and two touchdowns against Wisconsin.[8]
References
- ^ a b @cantGuardJak1 (August 5, 2022). "🙏🏾" (Tweet). Retrieved September 29, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Obert, Richard. "Red Mountain's Big 3 looks to return team to 6A football championship game". The Arizona Republic.
- ^ News, Vincent Deangelis, Cronkite (October 7, 2022). "Red Mtn's Ja'Kobi Lane leaps from benchwarmer to 'unguardable'". The Mesa Tribune.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Elite 11 WR MVP Hopes to Catch 'Game-Changer' Offer From Longhorns". Texas Longhorns On SI. July 1, 2022.
- ^ Obert, Richard. "Red Mountain's Ja'Kobi Lane (USC), Lenox Lawson (ASU) sign college commitments". The Arizona Republic.
- ^ "USC WR Ja'Kobi Lane finds stability while trying to be 'the one'". September 6, 2024.
- ^ "USC's wide receivers preach selflessness in a crowded room". August 15, 2024.
- ^ "Ja'Kobi Lane's coming-out party vs. Wisconsin a sign of things to come: USC's next great WR has arrived". CBSSports.com. September 29, 2024.