Censere Lee

#10 · WR · 5th-year · Pittsburgh5′11″ · 170 lb · Clearwater, FL

Receiving yards270273rd of 467 receivers Last gameW 34–11vs Georgia Tech · Oct 31

Nextvs Florida StateFri Nov 13 · 7 pm ET

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A play of his this season

Q2, 2:02 · Pittsburgh up 21Mason Heintschel finds Censere Lee for a 10-yard touchdownBucknell at Pittsburgh, week 4Q2, 2:02 · Pittsburgh 28, Bucknell 028-0score after the play28-0score after the playM.Heintschel pass complete short right to C.Lee caught at BU12, for 10 yards to the BU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play

Censere Lee

WR · Pittsburgh · #10

Third year in the same receiving corps at Pittsburgh. On tape: 86 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Miami (OH), Week 1, 2026.

270 receiving yards · 24 catches · 4 receiving TD

Style of play

Play style

Moves the chains on third down.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Terrence SmithColorado State · 2026 · 88% season match
Marken MichelMassachusetts · 2015 · 86% season match
Isiah CoxOhio · 2021 · 83% season match
Reginald Davis IIITexas Tech · 2014 · 82% season match
Jamill WilliamsJacksonville State · 2026 · 78% season match

The latest game

Against Georgia Tech on Oct. 31: 3 catches for 56 yards. In the 9 games drawn here: 24 catches for 270 yards. Pittsburgh has thrown to him 40 times in 313 passes.

First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter

W 34-11 vs Georgia Tech3 catches, 56 yds
L 23-52 at Miami1 catch, 2 yds
L 21-27 at Boston College1 catch, 8 yds
L 17-21 vs North Carolina1 catch, 6 yds
W 35-33 at Virginia Tech5 catches, 38 yds
W 59-0 vs Bucknell5 catches, 47 yds, 3 TD
W 27-13 vs Syracuse1 catch, 9 yds
W 12-7 vs UCF2 catches, 18 yds
W 59-14 vs Miami (OH)5 catches, 86 yds, 1 TD

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Pittsburgh	24	270	11.2	4	44
2025	Pittsburgh	5	86	17.2	0	31
2024	Pittsburgh	19	254	13.4	3	82
Career		48	610	12.7	7	82

Season	Team
2026	Pittsburgh	1	2
2025	Pittsburgh	--	--
2024	Pittsburgh	--	--
Career		1	2

Last game (Wk 9): 56 receiving yards, 3 catches.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 59-14vs Miami (OH)	5	86	17.2	1	35	Season-high 86 yds
Wk 2	W 12-7vs UCF	2	18	9.0	0	12
Wk 3	W 27-13vs Syracuse	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 4	W 59-0vs Bucknell	5	47	9.4	3	19	3 TD catches
Wk 5	W 35-33@ Virginia Tech	5	38	7.6	0	12
Wk 6	L 17-21vs North Carolina	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 7	L 21-27@ Boston College	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 8	L 23-52@ No. 1 Miami	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 9	W 34-11vs Georgia Tech	3	56	18.7	0	44
Total		24	270	11.2	4	44

Signature game

Week 4 · 2026

W 59-0

vs Bucknell

5 rec · 47 yds · 3 TD

Dominant 59-point win at home against Bucknell.

With M. Heintschel — 403 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.6 · 33 rush yds (3 car) · H. Geriner — 114 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 22.7 · 15 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.84Heintschel to Lee: a 35-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.79Heintschel to Lee: a 31-yard pass.
Week 4 · Bucknell · 4th and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Heintschel to Lee: a 19-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · UCF · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Heintschel to Lee: a 12-yard pass.
Week 4 · Bucknell · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Heintschel to Lee: a 7-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · Bucknell · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Heintschel to Lee: a 10-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 9 · Georgia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.67Geriner to Lee: a 44-yard pass.
Week 1 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.38Heintschel to Lee: a 7-yard pass.
Week 3 · Syracuse · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +1.28Heintschel to Lee: a 9-yard pass.
Week 5 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.26Geriner to Lee: a 7-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards270273rdAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions24tied for 197thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch11.3tied for 348thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs4tied for 63rdAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch44tied for 234thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rush yards2tied for 169thAmong 212 receivers with 12 or more catches

306th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Receiving touchdowns4tied for 9th in the ACC this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -4 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

24 rec · 270 yds · 4 TD

24 of 24 receptions matched to play-by-play

40 of 40 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4013% of team targets

Catch rate

60%24 of 40 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

12% of targets (5)

80%catch rate

Air -2.6 · YAC 12.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

52% of targets (21)

71%catch rate

Air 4.6 · YAC 2.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

18% of targets (7)

29%catch rate

Air 13.3 · YAC 0.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

18% of targets (7)

43%catch rate

Air 32.1 · YAC 2.0 avg

60% catch rate on 40 targets · 13% of the team's targets · 43% catch rate on 7 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi, all balanced offenses — 21-14 over that span.

2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2026Pittsburgh6-3HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 46 (#222 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #222 of 465?

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (82nd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#140 / 569 · 75th pct

7.5%

EPA / target#366 / 569 · 36th pct

0.32

Yards / catch#383 / 569 · 33rd pct

11.2

Catch rate#393 / 569 · 30th pct

60.0%

Explosive rate#421 / 569 · 26th pct

7.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#63 / 468 · 82nd pct

Receptions#197 / 468 · 57th pct

Long catch#234 / 468 · 49th pct

Rush TDs#32 / 212 · 43rd pct

Rec yards#273 / 468 · 42nd pct

270

Yards / catch#348 / 468 · 25th pct

11.3

Rush yards#169 / 212 · 20th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	37.0	11.5	0.7
Road3g	2.3	16.0	5.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	30.3	9.5	0.6
Weeks 8+2g	2.0	29.0	10.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Pass share

49.1%

315 pass / 326 run

Plays / game

71.2

9 games

Team sack rate

2.6%

345 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

24 catches and 1 carry in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

46 · #222 of 465 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #222 at the position.

Starter

The No. 2,000 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the ACC.

Censere Lee

This week

A play of his this season

Style of play

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Where to follow

The latest game

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

24 catches and 1 carry in 9 games

Starter

Five seasons, two schools

2022