Senior running back for Mississippi State. 2018: 82 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
6′1″ · 230 lb · Hattiesburg, MS
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1101 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Mississippi State. 2018: 82 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
Dontavian Lee
Four seasons at Mississippi State, two different head coaches: Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead. The receipt: 38 rush yds against Arkansas — Week 12, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 310 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 15.6 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 16.5 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 12.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 16 | 64 | 4.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | Mississippi State | 22 | 137 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 64 | 310 | 4.8 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | Mississippi State | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-6vs Stephen F. Austin | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-10vs Louisiana | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13vs Texas A&M | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-6vs Arkansas | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 38 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 35-3@ Ole Miss | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 19 | 82 | 3.5 | 1 | 13 |