ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Navy senior safety Rayuan Lane III has been named to the Sporting News Midseason All-American team it was announced today.
 
Lane III has recorded 27 tackles, an interception against Memphis that he returned 86 yards for a touchdown to clinch Navy’s 56-44 upset over the Tigers, a team-high two forced fumbles (tied for 9^th in the country) and a team-high tying three pass breakups.
 
Lane has started 35-consecutive games for the Midshipmen, the longest streak in the FBS for a safety and the second-longest streak for a player in the secondary (Ohio State corner Denzel Burke has started 41-straight games).
 
Navy is off to a 5-0 start and ranked No. 25 in the Associated Press poll.  The Mids will play host to Charlotte on Saturday at 3:30 PM looking to start 6-0 for the first time since 1979 and for the seventh time ever.

A win on Saturday would make Navy bowl eligible for the first time since 2019.  Navy, picked 11^th in the 14-team AAC preseason poll, is one of 5 undefeated teams in the AAC conference race, which includes Saturday’s opponent Charlotte. Navy is one of just 11 undefeated teams overall in the FBS.

 

Saturday will mark the first time that Navy has played at home as an AP Top 25 team since Oct. 22, 2016, when No. 24 Navy defeated Memphis 42-28.

 

Navy is coming off a 34-7 win over Air Force, its first over the Falcons since 2019 and its first in Colorado Springs since 2012. The 34 points scored are the second-most points Navy has ever scored in Colorado Springs and the 7 points allowed are the fewest. The 27-point win was the largest by Navy in the series since 1978 when the Mids won 37-8 in Colorado Springs and the fourth largest ever.

 

Tickets still remain for Saturday’s contest at navysports.com: https://navysports.evenue.net/list/F or by calling 1-800-US4-NAVY.

 

Sporting News Midseason All-Americans 

Offense

A look at the offensive players on the Sporting News Midseason All-American team:

POS	PLAYER	SCHOOL
QB	Cam Ward	Miami, Fla.
RB	Ashton Jeanty	Boise State
RB	Kaleb Johnson	Iowa
WR	Tre Harris	Ole Miss
WR	Jeremiah Smith	Ohio State
WR	Travis Hunter	Colorado
TE	Harold Fannin Jr.	Bowling Green
T	Kelvin Banks Jr.	Texas
G	Paolo Gennarelli	Army
C	Seth McLaughlin	Ohio State
G	Willie Lampkin	North Carolina
T	Will Campbell	LSU
AP	Desmond Reid	Pitt

Defense

A look at the defensive players on the Sporting News Midseason All-American team:    

POS	PLAYER	SCHOOL
DL	Tyleik Williams	Ohio State
DL	Walter Nolen	Ole Miss
DL	Donovan Ezeiruaku	Boston College
EDGE	Trey White	San Diego State
EDGE	Kyle Kennard	South Carolina
LB	Jay Higgins	Iowa
LB	Shaun Dolac	Buffalo
CB	Nohl Williams	Cal
CB	Will Johnson	Michigan
S	Rayuan Lane III	Navy
S	Xavier Watts	Notre Dame
DB	Jahdae Barron	Texas

Special teams

A look at the special teams’ players on the Sporting News Midseason All-American team:     

POS	PLAYER	SCHOOL
K	Maddux Trujillo	Temple
P	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State
KR	Winston Wright Jr.	East Carolina
PR	Jamaal Pritchett	South Alabama