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Safety, Navy, 2021–24
Rayuan Lane III
- Number
- No. 18
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 197 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Jessup, MD
- Born
- Jul 21, 2003
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Rayuan Lane III played safety at Navy (2021–24). The Jacksonville Jaguars took Lane in round 6, No. 200 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
12tackles, career highat UAB, 2024Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
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
2024 Navy 13 games, 70 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Bucknell | W 49–21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Temple | W 38–11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Memphis | W 56–44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at UAB | W 41–18 | 12 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 5 | at Air Force | W 34–7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Charlotte | W 51–17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Notre Dame | L 14–51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Rice | L 10–24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at South Florida | W 28–7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Tulane | L 0–35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at East Carolina | W 34–20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14 | vs. Army | W 31–13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | W 21–20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Navy 11 games, 62 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | vs.Notre Dame | L 3–42 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Wagner | W 24–0 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 14 | atMemphis | L 24–28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 30 | vs.South Florida | L 30–44 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. North Texas | W 27–24 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atCharlotte | W 14–0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | vs.Air Force | L 6–17 | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | atTemple | L 18–32 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs.UAB | W 31–6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.East Carolina | W 10–0 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at SMU | L 14–59 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Navy 11 games, 67 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Delaware | L 7–14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs.Memphis | L 13–37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atEast Carolina | W 23–20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 1 | atAir Force | L 10–13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Tulsa | W 53–21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atSMU | L 34–40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Houston | L 20–38 | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Temple | W 27–20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Cincinnati | L 10–20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Notre Dame | L 32–35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | at UCF | W 17–14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Navy 9 games, 37 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Marshall | L 7–49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | atHouston | L 20–28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atMemphis | L 17–35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 23 | vs.Cincinnati | L 20–27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | atTulsa | W 20–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 6 | atNotre Dame | L 6–34 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | vs.East Carolina | L 35–38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | atTemple | W 38–14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 11 | vs.Army | W 17–13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2025 Senior Bowl (National team, lost 19–22).
| Drill | Combine 2025 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅞″ |
| Weight | 200 lb |
| Arm length | 30¼″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
| Wingspan | 74⅝″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.57 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 sW |
| Vertical jump | 37″ |
| Broad jump | 10′8″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.10 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.28 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 19 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 19 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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