Rayuan Lane III


Rayuan Lane III is an American professional football football position)|safety] for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He played college football for the Navy Midshipmen.

Early life and high school

Lane attended Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland, and committed to play college football for the Navy Midshipmen.

College career

As a freshman in 2021, Lane appeared in 12 games where he made seven starts, notching 37 tackles with two being for a loss, four pass deflections, an interception, and a forced fumble. In 2022, he tallied 71 tackles with three being for a loss, four pass deflections, two fumble recoveries, and two forced fumbles. During the 2023 season, Lane totaled 66 tackles with three being for a loss, eight pass deflections, four interceptions, a fumbles recovery, two forced fumbles, and a touchdown. In week 4 of the 2024 season, he returned an interception 86 yards for a touchdown versus 2024 [Memphis Tigers football team|Memphis]. Lane finished his final collegiate season notching 70 tackles with one going for a loss, four pass deflections, two interceptions, three forced fumbles and a touchdown, and accepted an invite to play in the 2025 [Senior Bowl|2025 Reese's Senior Bowl].

Professional career

Lane was selected 200th overall in the sixth round of the 2025 [NFL draft] by the Jacksonville Jaguars.