Senior wide receiver for Northwestern. 2020: 20 catches, 214 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′0″ · 201 lb · Libertyville, IL
The story
4 wide receiver for Northwestern. 2020: 20 catches, 214 receiving yards, 2 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearRiley Lees
Fourth year in the Northwestern receiving corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 59 rec yds, 12 pass yds against Michigan State — Week 13, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 1,086 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 29-19 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (1st percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 17.5 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 29.0 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.1 | 22.4 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northwestern | 20 | 214 | 10.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 50 | 423 | 8.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 22 | 214 | 9.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 18 | 235 | 13.1 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 110 | 1,086 | 9.9 | 9 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northwestern | 7 | -14 | -- | 74 | -- |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 3 | 6 | 308 | 118 | -- |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 9 | 35 | 10 | 108 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 3 | -- | 224 | 78 | -- |
| Career | 22 | 27 | 542 | 378 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2020
W 17–7
vs Wisconsin
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 43-3vs Maryland | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-13vs Nebraska | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-20@ Purdue | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-7vs Wisconsin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-29@ Michigan State | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 27 | Season-high 59 yds |
| Wk 15 | W 28-10vs Illinois | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 16 | L 10-22@ Ohio State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 15 | 157 | 9.6 | 1 | 27 |