Lee Kpogba: LB · West Virginia · #1.
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Lee Kpogba
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Dino Babers and Neal Brown. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Penn State — Week 1, 2023.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
97 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | West Virginia | 97 | 47 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 92 | 44 | 5.5 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Syracuse | 43 | 34 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Syracuse | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 233 | 125 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 15-38@ No. 7 Penn State | 13 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-17vs Duquesne | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 17-6vs Pittsburgh | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-13vs Texas Tech | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ TCU | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 39-41@ Houston | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 34-48vs Oklahoma State | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-28@ UCF | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-7vs BYU | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-59@ No. 17 Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-21vs Cincinnati | 10 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-31@ Baylor | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 30-10vs North Carolina | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 97 | 47 | 7.5 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
97tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%8 TFLSack rate
3%3 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups97 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 7.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
37.6%
332 pass / 552 run
Plays / game
68.0
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2023
97 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #89 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Syracuse and West Virginia, 233 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dino Babers and Neal Brown.
