Former Virginia Tech WR Jaylin Lane Impresses at the 2025 NFL Combine

While Bhayshul Tuten has claimed the most headlines among Virginia Tech players at the NFL Combine, the best overall display of athleticism among Hokies in Indianapolis may not have come from Tuten but rather WR Jaylin Lane.

While Tuten was running a 4.32 40, Lane wasn’t much slower with an official 40 time of 4.34 which ranked tied for third among WRs behind only Texas’ Matthew Golden (4.29) and Tennessee’s Dont’e Thornton Jr (4.30).

His overall Combine performance also gave him an impressive RAS score of 9.68 out of 10. If you aren’t familiar with what a RAS score is, it’s a metric that evaluates various Combine tests and tries to provide a comparison on the level of athleticism a player has compared to others at their position.

It helps when you rank in the top three in almost every metric at the Combine including 10-yard split (T2-1.50), vertical (3rd-40’’), broad jump (3rd-11’0’’), the three-cone drill (2nd-6.75), and the 20-yard shuttle drill (3rd-4.12). It’s also fascinating that no WR in the last decade has achieved the combination of athletic success in the 40, broad jump, and three-cone drill that Lane reached on Saturday.

There’s no doubt that this performance will certainly boost Lane’s draft stock and have plenty of NFL teams looking further at his tape to see what they may or may have missed. That reaction is already happening with some NFL Draft analysts posting Lane highlights on social media as further evidence that the athletic hype is real.

Now the fact that Lane didn’t have the biggest numbers in college and the fact that he is fairly limited as a slot guy due to his size will limit his upside in the NFL Draft. However, Jaylin Lane has likely locked in his spot as a day 3 pick with the potential to go fairly early on that day given his athletic abilities.

Of course, he might have more upside if he was a taller, but his dad jokingly was willing to take the blame for that issue.

Regardless, it’s clear it was a very good weekend for Jaylin Lane at the NFL Combine.

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