Overview
- Baltimore used the No. 80 selection in the third round on Lane to shore up the outside receiver spot after Rashod Bateman’s up-and-down year.
- Lane brings rare measurables for the position at 6-foot-4 and 208 pounds with 10.5-inch hands, a 4.47-second 40-yard dash, and a 40-inch vertical.
- Coaches expect him to be an immediate red-zone option and possible day-one starter for Lamar Jackson after the Ravens finished last season with touchdowns on 47.5% of red-zone trips.
- He arrives with built-in familiarity through former Raven Todd Heap, who mentored him in high school, and assistant receivers coach Prentice Gill, who coached at USC, as GM Eric DeCosta called him a “ball of clay with a lot of upside.”
- Lane was a polarizing prospect in the pre-draft process, with ESPN’s Jordan Reid once ranking him the class’s top wide receiver while other analysts slotted him lower, even as his USC totals reached 99 catches for 1,363 yards and 18 touchdowns.