Makai Lemon won the 2025 Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top wide receiver while earning 1st-Team AP All-American and 1st-Team All-Big Ten honors after recording 79 receptions for 1,156 yards and 11 touchdowns. He ranked eighth in the FBS in receiving yards and tied for ninth in receiving touchdowns while posting four games with at least 150 receiving yards and a touchdown. Lemon led USC in receptions and receiving yards in both 2024 and 2025, recording 52 receptions for 764 yards in 2024 while earning Honorable Mention All-Big Ten at wide receiver and 3rd-Team All-Big Ten as a return specialist. After appearing in nine games as a reserve in 2023, he finished his collegiate career with 137 receptions for 2,008 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Makai Lemon's Combine Results
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 192 | Arms: 30 1/2 | Hands: 8 3/4
40-yard Dash: DNP | 10-yard Split: DNP | Vertical Jump: DNP
Broad Jump: DNP | 3-Cone: DNP | 20-yard Shuttle: DNP | Bench Press: DNP
Lemon is the #10 overall prospect on Daniel Jeremiah’s Top 50 2.0 (WR2) and is Bucky Brooks’ 3rd-ranked WR on his By Position 1.0. Lemon did not participate in athletic testing at the 2026 Combine.
Lance Zierlein on Makai Lemon :
"High-skill, high-volume slot receiver with average size but extraordinary ball skills. Lemon has room for refinement, but not much. He’s intelligent, confident and polished with the ability to make plays on all three levels. Tempo-driven route-runner who misdirects man coverage and separates out of turns but is fairly average after the catch. Quicker than fast, featuring early acceleration to open seam throws but flashes late burst when needed. More play strength is needed for NFL press and he needs to avoid rushing through multi-breaking routes. He’s an exceptional ball-tracker with excellent catch timing and few focus drops. He wins more combat catches than he loses. Lemon is a plug-and-play, quarterback-friendly talent with first-round value and Pro Bowl upside."
Makai Lemon's Full 2026 NFL Draft Profile