Justin Layne is an American football cornerback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State.
His college football career was spent at Michigan State University, where he was a student. Benedictine High School, which was founded in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, was where Layne completed her secondary education.
Layne played on the same team as Jerome Baker, who is currently a linebacker in the NFL. Baker was a teammate of Layne’s throughout their time there.
He played both cornerback and wide receiver for the high school football team throughout his time there.
He has already made up his mind to attend Michigan State University, where he will also participate in the college football program there.
Layne’s first year as a freshman at Michigan State began with him playing wide receiver. However, prior to the sixth game of the season, the Spartans changed him over to the cornerback position. In 2016, Layne attended Michigan State University for the first time as a freshman.
During his career, he played in 34 games and finished with 130 tackles, three interceptions, half a sack, and one touchdown. His career statistics were as follows:
Justin Layne Stats: How Good Is Justin Layne?
| Tackles | Def Interceptions | Off. Snaps | Def. Snaps | ST Snaps | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Week | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Sk | Solo | Ast | Comb | TFL | QBHits | Int | Yds | TD | PD | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | Status | |
| 2022-09-18 | 2 | NYG | CAR | W 19-16 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 40% | |||||||||||||
| 2022-10-02 | 4 | NYG | CHI | W 20-12 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 21 | 70% | |||||||||||||
| 2022-10-09 | 5 | NYG | @ | GNB | W 27-22 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11 | 17% | 11 | 42% | ||
| 2022-10-16 | 6 | NYG | BAL | W 24-20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 46% | |||||||||||||
| 2022-10-23 | 7 | NYG | @ | JAX | W 23-17 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 45% | ||||||||||||
| 2022-10-30 | 8 | NYG | @ | SEA | L 13-27 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 16 | 53% |
What Happened To Justin Layne?
On August 11, 2020, he became fully operational. He was a member of the Steelers for the whole season, playing in all 16 games and recording 22 tackles. On August 30, 2022, the Steelers decided to let him go from their roster.