Jaylin Lane's friends and family ain't the only ones who are going to be pumped to see him drafted into the NFL next month ... a local car dealer will be pretty pleased too -- 'cause he tells TMZ Sports he's planning to buy a new ride with his first rookie check.
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00:00Speaking here with Jalen Lane from Virginia Tech wide receiver, and I saw you in the NFL
00:08Combine doing your thing. You had a 4.34 in the 40 yard dash, which was actually the third
00:13best in the NFL Combine. But my question is, how do you think you did?
00:19I feel like I did great. You know, I've been, you know, the past couple of months been preparing
00:24specifically for it. So, you know, I just felt like I came out showcase what, you know,
00:29I know I can do all along. But I feel like I did great.
00:33I know they be asking a lot of wild questions, like random questions, but like, what is one
00:38that kind of like shocked you? Um, why would you ask me that?
00:43There hasn't been anything like too wild. No, like, I can't remember which team it was.
00:50They're all like blurring my brain. But you know, one, you know, they asked me what kind
00:53of car I drive. Um, they asked me, you know, my family background, stuff like that. But
01:00no question really like threw me for a loop. I'd say that's good. What kind of car do you
01:05drive?
01:06Right now? I'm still my parents don't pay for my Ford Fusion. I got that's right. Once
01:13I get a job, it's over with.
01:18Yeah, that's how I actually gonna ask you that. Um, you know, once you do get in the
01:26NFL, which you will, um, what's something you're gonna buy with your first big paycheck?
01:31Of course, like you said, you have your family's holding down, you know, gift in that bag might
01:35be dope. But like, what's something you're going to buy immediately when you get that
01:39check?
01:41See, I don't know. See me, I'm a saver. Like, I'm gonna go straight to the my savings account.
01:48But I probably get a whip by I don't even want to fancy I just, you know, I feel bad.
01:54I'm got I'm in the league. My parents still pay for my car. It's kind of crazy. So I'll
02:00probably I'll probably do that.
02:04Just get a new car so they can stop making the payments. Yeah, for sure.
02:08There's nothing wrong with that. Like, I don't know if you saw like, um, was it was
02:12AJ Brown? He pulled up in a Honda.
02:15Yeah, that's the thing. I legit pull up like a little Ford or something like I have always
02:22one of the trucks I might get I don't know.
02:26Receiver wise like my favorite receiver of all time is Randy Moss. Hands down. Favorite
02:29receiver all time you got, you know, to and all that. Who is who is your inspiration and
02:34also who do you feel like you mimic?
02:36You do it once you get your own style.
02:39So growing up, the reason I even wanted to play receiver was because of Hines award.
02:46He's the main reason why I'm still a Steelers fan on it. But like that era, Hines award
02:51for probably the bus autumn. That's why I let us have a Hines award was my original
02:57like, Oh, yeah, that's why I want to play receiver. But like now, my two favorite is
03:01Terry McLaurin. I'm a rock. Um, yeah, they, you know, they're kind of similar stature
03:07to me. But, you know, they dogs they the route running, what they do with the ball in their
03:13hands, what they do without the ball in their hands, is everything you want to receive versus
03:18my two favorite for sure. But I put a lot of good stuff on tape, you're gonna get a
03:22great player. But, you know, for me, personally, I feel like I'm a great asset for the off
03:27the field stuff. You know, I'm gonna be a leader for the team. I'm gonna help lead the
03:32team in the direction that the coaches want to go. And I feel like I'm a family man. And
03:39you know, I'm a team first guy. And that is how I was raised. That's who I am. So that's
03:45what you're gonna get out of Jalen Lane.