Former running back at UAB. 2024: 166 rushing yards, 4 catches.
5′11″ · 225 lb · Birmingham, AL
The story
Former running back at UAB. 2024: 166 rushing yards, 4 catches.
Lee Witherspoon
Across five seasons and two programs, four head coaches: Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach, Bryant Vincent and Trent Dilfer. The receipt: 37 rush yds against Charlotte — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at UAB, 433 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 20.2 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 13.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 15.2 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 18.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Mortensen
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UAB | 35 | 166 | 4.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | UAB | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | UAB | 15 | 79 | 5.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Mississippi State | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 95 | 433 | 4.6 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UAB | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | UAB | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | UAB | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Mississippi State | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 23 | 135 | 5.9 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 41–3
vs Alcorn State
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-3vs Alcorn State | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-32@ UL Monroe | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | L 18-41vs Navy | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-71vs Tulane | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-44@ Army | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | L 25-35@ South Florida | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-31vs UConn | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | L 18-53@ Memphis | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-14vs Rice | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 14 | L 27-29@ Charlotte | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 37 yds |
| Total | 35 | 166 | 4.2 | 0 | 15 |