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WAS Washington Commanders · WR· #83 · also kick returner

Jaylin Lane

Age
24
Height
5'10"
Weight
196 lbs
College
Virginia Tech; Middle Tennessee State
Drafted
2025, No. 128 overall (WAS)
Experience
2nd NFL season
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55

Overall grade

11th of 34 punt returners

Above typical

above average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Jaylin grades above average among punt returners so far, with no number far from the middle.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 4 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the punt returners in the league.

  • EPA per punt fielded+0.1811th of 34small sample
  • Yards per return12.5 yds9th of 24small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying punt returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among punt returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 1: 70th percentileWeek 2: 93rd percentileWeek 3: 88th percentileWeek 4: 75th percentile75th

Season rank holding near the 75th percentile since Wk 1.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per punt fielded game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamepuntsSeason rank after
1vs PHI+0.23470th pct
2vs DAL+0.70193rd pct
3vs SEA+0.31288th pct
4vs IND−0.29275th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 2 punts can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every punt returner with at least 5 punts fielded. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per punt fielded

Above typical

+0.18

11th of 34 punt returners · top 33%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From his team's side, for every punt he fields, fair catches included.

The box score: Return average ignores fair catches and the starting field position.

Does it show up in winning? Across 54 games league-wide, a good or bad game on EPA per punt fielded from a punt returner has not lined up much with his team winning (61% wins in the best third, 53% in the worst).

Last 2 games: −0.29 (2) vs +0.32 before

Small sample: could move a lot · 9 punts · true level likely −0.25 to +0.62

Yards per return

Above typical

12.5 yds

9th of 24 punt returners · top 38%

Average yards when he returns the punt (fair catches excluded).

The box score: This is the box score number.

Last 2 games: 8.0 yds (1) vs 13.4 yds before

Small sample: could move a lot · 6 returns · true level likely 7.1 yds to 17.9 yds

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the punt returners around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Fair catch rate

Style

33%

Returns almost everything, more than most punt returners. A typical one is 41%.

How often he fair catches instead of returning, a choice about risk.

Small sample: could move a lot · 9 punts

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Jaylin Lane game by game
GameResultFieldedYdsEPA/puntYds/return
Wk 1 vs PHIL 22–24453+0.2313.3 yds
Wk 2 vs DALL 20–37114+0.7014.0 yds
Wk 3 vs SEAW 33–3120+0.31–
Wk 4 vs INDL 13–3028−0.298.0 yds

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among punt returners. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Jaylin Lane box score totals
StatTotalRank
Punts fielded918th of 34
Return yards7510th of 34

Players with a similar profile

The punt returners whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

As a kick returner

Points added and yards gained on kickoff returns.

The read

Jaylin grades about average among kick returners so far, with no number far from the middle.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 3 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the kick returners in the league.

  • EPA per return+0.2727th of 53small sample
  • Yards per return24.5 yds41st of 53small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying kick returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among kick returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 1: 79th percentileWeek 2: 46th percentileWeek 4: 53rd percentile53rd

Season rank slipped: 79th to 53rd percentile since Wk 1.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per return game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamereturnsSeason rank after
1vs PHI+0.66379th pct
2vs DAL+0.06646th pct
4vs IND+0.32253rd pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 4 returns can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every kick returner with at least 5 returns. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per return

Typical

+0.27

27th of 53 kick returners · bottom 51%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From his team's side, for each kickoff he returns.

The box score: Return average ignores the starting field position the team would have had anyway.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 54% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on EPA per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: +0.32 (2) vs +0.26 before

Small sample: could move a lot · 11 returns · true level likely −0.13 to +0.67

Yards per return

Well below typical

24.5 yds

41st of 53 kick returners · bottom 25%

Average yards per kickoff return.

The box score: This is the box score number.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 63% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on yards per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 27.0 yds (2) vs 23.9 yds before

Small sample: could move a lot · 11 returns · true level likely 20.0 yds to 28.9 yds

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Jaylin Lane game by game
GameResultRetYdsEPA/returnYds/return
Wk 1 vs PHIL 22–24395+0.6631.7 yds
Wk 2 vs DALL 20–376120+0.0620.0 yds
Wk 4 vs INDL 13–30254+0.3227.0 yds

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among kick returners. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Jaylin Lane box score totals
StatTotalRank
Returns1114th of 53
Return yards26920th of 53

Players with a similar profile

The kick returners whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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