Lee Hunter: DL · Texas Tech · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Lee Hunter
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. All-America (ESPN) in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Oregon, Bowl, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 42 | 18 | 11.0 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2024 | UCF | 44 | 19 | 9.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2023 | UCF | 57 | 32 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | UCF | 11 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 154 | 75 | 31.5 | 7.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 67-7vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 62-14vs Kent State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-14vs Oregon State | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-10@ No. 16 Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-11@ Houston | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-17vs Kansas | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 22-26@ Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-0vs Oklahoma State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 43-20@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-7vs No. 8 BYU | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-9vs UCF | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-0@ West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 15 | W 34-7vs No. 11 BYU | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 0-23vs No. 5 Oregon | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 18 | 11.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
26%11 TFLSack rate
7%3 sacksHurry rate
7%3 hurries42 tackles · 11 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
47.6%
484 pass / 532 run
Plays / game
72.6
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
482 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
First team on a list outside the NCAA-recognized selectors.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #96 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2025
How it ended
Four seasons, at UCF and Texas Tech, 7 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #49 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2025)
named by 2 selectors
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Bryan Harsin, Gus Malzahn and Joey McGuire.
Next stop · NFL
Carolina Panthers2026 NFL rookie season
Carolina Panthers2026 NFL rookie season
