2014 Football Roster

7 Mitch Lane

  • Position Safety
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 209
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Pine Bluff, Ark.
  • Highschool Watson Chapel HS

Biography

2014 All-Sun Belt First Team
2014 All-Louisiana First Team

2014 (Junior)
Started all 12 games and earned First Team All-Sun Belt and First Team All-Louisiana honors... Led team in interceptions (three) and finished second on squad with 91 total stops (51 solo, 40 asst)... Recorded 4.5 tackles for loss... Also earned First Team All-Sun Belt honors from College Sports Madness... Against Wake Forest, made six total tackles (four solo) and recorded the first pick-six of the college football season with a 31-yard interception return for a TD to tie the contest at 10-10 with 4:02 to play in the third quarter... Interception return was #SCTop10 worthy as it was the No. 3 Play of the Day on ESPN’s SportsCenter... Earned a total of six weekly honors after Wake Forest game -- Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week, LSWA Defensive Player of the Week, Southern Pigskin Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week, College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention Defensive Back of the Week, Athlon Sports’ Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week, College Sports Madness’ Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week... Recorded six total stops (four solo) in win over Idaho... Finished with a career-best 14 tackles in road contest at LSU... Also intercepted one pass late in the second quarter to halt a Tiger drive in ULM territory... Strong effort at LSU netted College Sports Madness’ Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week honors... Finished with seven tackles (six solo) in win over Troy... Made seven stops (five solo), including one tackle for loss, at Arkansas State... Had six total tackles at Kentucky... Finished with six tackles in home contest against Texas State... Logged nine total tackles in upset bid at Texas A&M.... Finished with five total tackles and one tackle for loss at Appalachian State... Made six total stops (three solo) in home finale against UL-Lafayette... Notched eight tackles (five solo) with one tackle for loss at New Mexico State... Also recovered a blocked punt and scored a TD against the Aggies... Made 11 total tackles (eight solo) with one for a loss in season finale at Georgia Southern.

2013 (Sophomore)
Started all 12 games and finished with 53 total tackles (23 solo, 30 asst), two interceptions and one fumble recovery... Made seven total tackles (three solo) in season opener at Oklahoma... Credited with two assisted tackles in win over Grambling State... Had three total stops in win at Wake Forest... Notched three solo tackles at Baylor... Assisted on four tackles, including a tackle for loss, in non conference finale against Tulane... Recorded five tackles (three solo) and one interception against Western Kentucky... Biggest tackle of the game came on the final play of the first half as Hilltopper running back Antonio Andrews was stood up at the one-yard line and Western Kentucky’s drive resulted in zero points... Made two solo stops in win at Texas State... Finished with four total tackles against Georgia State and also intercepted one pass... Recovered a fumble and made four total stops in win at Troy... Notched nine tackles (five solo) in home finale against Arkansas State... Had seven tackles at South Alabama... Recorded three solo stops in win at UL-Lafayette.

2012 (RS-Freshman)
Started the first seven games of the season before missing remainder of regular season due to injury... Finished with 40 total tackles (18 solo, 22 assisted) with two for a loss and one sack... Made presence known with nine tackles against No. 8 Arkansas... Also broke up two passes intended for Cobi Hamilton in OT as ULM captured a 34-31 win... At Auburn, finished with five tackles (two solo) and recorded a pair of career firsts with a fumble recovery and an interception... Totaled nine tackles (six solo) against Baylor... Had five tackles at Middle Tennessee... Followed with six total stops including two for a loss and one sack against Florida Atlantic... Had three solo tackles before leaving Western Kentucky contest due to injury... Returned to field in AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl vs. Ohio.

2011 (Freshman)
Redshirted.

Prep
Earned first team all-state honors as a junior and senior... All-conference selection for the Wildcats as a sophomore... Helped Watson Chapel to a 9-4 overall record, a perfect 7-0 conference mark and a trip to the third round of the Arkansas 4A Playoffs as a senior... As a junior, Watson Chapel advanced to the third round of the playoffs and finished the season 10-3 overall.

Personal
Full name is Mitchell Leroy Lane... Born Feb. 19, 1993, in Pine Bluff, Ark... Son of Jimmy and Brenda Nance... Has one sister, LaKendra Lovelady... Majoring in kinesiology.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2011Freshman

    Safety
    6'0" 193 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2012Redshirt Freshman

    Safety
    6'0" 208 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2013Sophomore

    Safety
    6'0" 212 lbs
    38
  • 7

    2014Junior

    Safety
    6'1" 209 lbs
    7