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Missouri State

2021 Football Roster

1 Xavier Lane

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 210
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Montgomery, Ala.
  • Prev School Western Kentucky

Biography

2021
Named to All-Missouri Valley Football squad as honorable mention pick and MVFC All-Newcomer Team in his only season in Springfield ... Started all 11 games he played in ... Had 56 receptions for 784 yards and 3 touchdowns ... Ranked 38th nationally in receiving yards and 39th in receiving yards per game (71.3) ... Also posted 5.1 receptions per game, which ranked 45th nationally ... Ranked 5th in the MVFC in receptions per game and 6th in yards per game ... Named MVFC Offensive Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week on 9/12/21 after posting 9 receptions for 148 yards and the game-winning touchdown vs. Central Arkansas (9/11/21), a game which also earned him accolades from College Sports Madness ... Produced season-high 10 catches for 114 yards at Youngstown State (10/9/21) ... Logged his third 100-yard receiving game of the season in NCAA FCS Playoffs vs. UT Martin with 7 catches for 110 yards and a TD ... Tallied a 45-yard TD reception in homecoming win over Indiana State (10/18/21) ... Had 13 pass receptions of 20 or more yards on the season ... Phil Steele named Lane to his third-team all-conference list. 

Western Kentucky
Earned All-Conference USA honorable mention laurels in 2020 after hauling in 34 passes for 376 yards and a TD ... Caught 7 passes for 73 yards and his first career touchdown at Middle Tennessee (10/3/20) ... Caught 7 passes for 60 yards at FAU (11/7/20) ... Posted season-long 51-yard reception vs. Marshall (10/10/10) ... Had season-high 90 yards receiving vs. Southern Miss (11/14/20) on 5 catches ... In 2019, as a redshirt junior, Lane appeared in 9 games for the Hilltoppers, primarily on special teams coverage units ... Made one catch for 12 yards vs. Louisville (9/14/19) ... In 2018, played first 5 games of the year and tallied 7 catches for 55 yards as a redshirt sophomore ... Most notable performance of the year came in the season opener at No. 4 Wisconsin (8/31/18), where he notched 4 catches for 40 yards, including a season-long reception of 17 yards ... In 2017, he ranked 6xth on the Hilltoppers squad with 27 receptions for 336 yards as a redshirt freshman ... Had season highs of 6 receptions for 86 yards vs. Ball State (9/23/17), all in first half  ... Also snagged season-long catch of 25 yards in the second quarter vs. Ball State ... Had 3 catches of 20-plus yards on the season, including vs. Louisiana Tech (9/16/17) and finished with 5 catches for 54 yards ... Also had a 20-yard play vs. Georgia State (12/16/17) in the Cure Bowl with 4 receptions for 70 yards against the Panthers ... Redshirted as a true freshman in 2016.

High School
Prepped at Carver High in Montgomery, Ala. for coach Billy Gresham's Wolverines ... Ranked as three-star prospect by Rivals.com, 247Sports.com and Scout.com ... Was tabbed at the No. 3 WR and No. 14 player overall in Alabama by Scout.com after tallying 729 yards on 43 receptions as a senior ... Named to the Class 6A All-State honorable mention squad his senior season and played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game ... Was also named to the Montgomery Advertiser first team All-Metro.

Personal
Xavier Lane was born 4/4/97 in Montgomery, Ala. ... Son of Melanie Lane of Montgomery ... Has a brother, Joshua, and a sister, Xzyia ... Majoring in graduate studies.

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