Cornerback, Michigan State, 2016–⁠18

Justin Layne

Number: No. 2
Height: 6′3″
Weight: 185 lb
Class (2018): Junior
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Born: Jan 12, 1998

Justin Layne played cornerback at Michigan State (2016–⁠18). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Layne in round 3, No. 83 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

Best season: 62; Tackles, 2018 (Michigan State, 7–⁠6)
Drafted: No. 83; Round 3, 2019 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

10tackles, career highvs. Indiana, 2017

Honors

2018Second-team All-Big Ten

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

3–⁠910–⁠3AP 157–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD	Hur
2016	Michigan State	18	11	1.5	1	1	0
2017	Michigan State	40	24	0.5	1	8	1
2018	Michigan State	62	38	1	1	11	1
Career		120	73	3	3	20	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2016	Michigan State	2	CB	Fr.
2017	Michigan State	2	CB	So.
2018	Michigan State	2	CB	Jr.	6′3″	185

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2018 Michigan State 11 games, 62 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Utah State	W 38–⁠31	5	4	0	0	1
Sep 8	atArizona State	L 13–⁠16	6	4	0	0	1
Sep 22	atIndiana	W 35–⁠21	7	6	0	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Central Michigan	W 31–⁠20	9	8	0	1	1
Oct 6	vs.Northwestern	L 19–⁠29	8	6	1	0	0
Oct 13	atPenn State	W 21–⁠17	7	4	0	0	1
Oct 20	vs.Michigan	L 7–⁠21	5	2	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Purdue	W 23–⁠13	7	3	0	0	4
Nov 3	atMaryland	W 24–⁠3	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 17	atNebraska	L 6–⁠9	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 24	vs.Rutgers	W 14–⁠10	6	1	0	0	2

2017 Michigan State 12 games, 40 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Bowling Green	W 35–⁠10	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 9	vs.Western Michigan	W 28–⁠14	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 23	vs.Notre Dame	L 18–⁠38	5	2	0.5	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Iowa	W 17–⁠10	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 7	atMichigan	W 14–⁠10	5	4	0	0	0
Oct 14	atMinnesota	W 30–⁠27	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 21	vs.Indiana	W 17–⁠9	10	6	0	0	1
Oct 28	atNorthwestern	L 31–⁠39	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 4	vs.Penn State	W 27–⁠24	2	2	0	0	2
Nov 11	atOhio State	L 3–⁠48	3	2	0	1	2
Nov 18	vs.Maryland	W 17–⁠7	5	3	0	0	3
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Washington State	W 42–⁠17	3	1	0	0	0

2016 Michigan State 7 games, 18 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Oct 15	vs.Northwestern	L 40–⁠54	3	1	0	1	0
Oct 22	atMaryland	L 17–⁠28	4	2	0	0	0
Oct 29	vs.Michigan	L 23–⁠32	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 5	atIllinois	L 27–⁠31	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 12	vs.Rutgers	W 49–⁠0	3	1	1.5	0	0
Nov 19	vs.Ohio State	L 16–⁠17	2	1	0	0	0
Nov 26	atPenn State	L 12–⁠45	3	3	0	0	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2019
Height	6′1¾″
Weight	192 lb
Arm length	33″
Hand size	9¼″
40-yard dash	4.50 s
10-yard split	1.59 s^W
Vertical jump	37½″
Broad jump	11′2″
3-cone drill	6.90 s
20-yard shuttle	4.09 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 29 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	3
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	21
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	16
2022	New York Giants	3	4
NFL career		29	44

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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