Dejuan Lane
Tennessee Volunteers
89
Great

Dejuan Lane

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SSDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Penn State
Projected Starter

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Dejuan Lane is the projected starter at SS for Tennessee Volunteers.

Junior · #10 · 6'2", 215 lbs

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Depth at SS · Tennessee Volunteers

  1. 11089Dejuan LaneStarter
  2. 22371Sidney Walton
  3. 34064KJ McClain

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Gilman, ranked #325 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 29 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 89 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #325 NatlTeam Share3%
Jessup, MD
Jersey
#10
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
215 lbs
Transfer
Penn State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—2901

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9041
National Rank
#325
High School
Gilman
Hometown
Baltimore, MD

Why this rating?

On a 90-rated defense; 69th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them -1 vs unit starters → 89.

Team defense (SP+)
90
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 69% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 15% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WARKTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 24-17

Oct 3WAUBTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
6
SACK
2
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 24-14

Sep 26LTEXTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 20-17

Sep 19WKENNTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-9

Sep 12WGTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
2

Final W 45-24

Sep 5WFURTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 56-9

Dejuan Lane's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

29 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement33%
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