Quentin Lake
Lake with the Los Angeles Rams in 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 37 – Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Safety | ||||||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | January 29, 1999 Irvine, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | UCLA (2017–2021) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2022: 6th round, 211th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||||||||||||
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Quentin James Lake (born January 29, 1999) is an American professional football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was selected by the Rams in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL draft.
Early life
Lake, whose hometown is Irvine, California, is the son of former NFL player Carnell Lake. He attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | |||||
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| 6 ft 1+3⁄8 in (1.86 m) |
201 lb (91 kg) |
31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
6 ft 4+1⁄4 in (1.94 m) |
4.59 s | 1.56 s | 2.66 s | |||||
| All values from NFL Combine[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||
Lake was selected by the Los Angeles Rams with the 211th pick in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL draft.[4] He was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform (PUP) list to start the regular season.[5] Lake was activated from the reserve/PUP list on November 12, 2022.[6]
Lake made 14 appearances (four starts) for Los Angeles in 2023, recording six pass deflections, one fumble recovery, and 53 combined tackles. He appeared in all 17 games (including 16 starts) for the Rams during the 2024 campaign, logging five pass deflections, two sacks, and 111 combined tackles.
Lake began the 2025 season as one of Los Angeles' starting safeties, recording one interception, 10 pass deflections, one forced fumble, one sack, and 61 combined tackles across 10 appearances. On November 19, 2025, Lake was placed on injured reserve after undergoing surgery to repair an elbow dislocation suffered in the team's Week 11 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks.[7]
On January 1, 2026, Lake signed a three-year, $42 million contract extension with the Rams.[8] He was activated on January 6, ahead of the team's Wild Card matchup against the Carolina Panthers.[9]
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | FF | Fum | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2022 | LAR | 9 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | LAR | 14 | 4 | 53 | 42 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | LAR | 17 | 16 | 111 | 73 | 38 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | LAR | 10 | 10 | 61 | 37 | 24 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Career | 50 | 30 | 235 | 160 | 75 | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | |
Postseason
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | FF | Fum | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2023 | LAR | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | LAR | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | LAR | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 6 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
- ^ Reuter, Chad; Zierlein, Lance. "Quentin Lake Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Draft Scout Quentin Lake, UCLA NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ "Quentin Lake 2022 NFL Draft Profile". insider.espn.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Jackson, Stu (April 30, 2022). "Rams select DB Quentin Lake with 211th pick in the 2022 NFL Draft". TheRams.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Jackson, Stu (August 30, 2022). "Analysis: Rams' initial 53-man roster for 2022". TheRams.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ @RamsNFL (November 12, 2022). "LA Rams Transactions: • Waived, No Recall RB Malcolm Brown • Activated, from Reserve DB Quentin Lake, G Coleman Shelton, RB Kyren Williams • Activated, from Practice Squad TE Jared Pinkney" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ DaSilva, Cameron (November 19, 2025). "Rams injuries: LA placing 3 starters on injured reserve". Rams Wire. USA Today. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ Williams, Charean (January 1, 2026). "Rams sign S Quentin Lake to three-year contract extension". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
- ^ "Rams activate S Quentin Lake off of IR". nbcsports.com. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
External links
- Career statistics from NFL.com · ESPN · CBS Sports · Yahoo Sports · Pro Football Reference
- Los Angeles Rams profile
- UCLA Bruins profile