Will Lee III: CB · Texas A&M · #4.
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Will Lee III
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Played for two head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Chris Klieman and Mike Elko. First career honor, 2024: All-SEC. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Arkansas — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas A&M | 50 | 40 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2024 | Texas A&M | 42 | 39 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 42 | 32 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 |
| Career | 134 | 111 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 23 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-24vs UTSA | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-22vs Utah State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-40@ No. 8 Notre Dame | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 16-10vs Auburn | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-9vs Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-17vs Florida | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-42@ Arkansas | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 49-25@ No. 20 LSU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-17@ No. 19 Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-30vs South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-27@ No. 16 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | L 3-10vs No. 10 Miami | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 40 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 7 |
Week 12 · 2025
W 31-30
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out South Carolina at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
14%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
50tackles this season50 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 7 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Elko
Pass share
45.8%
407 pass / 482 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
2.9%
377 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #149 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Kansas State and Texas A&M, 134 tackles — drafted at #129 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Chris Klieman and Mike Elko.
Next stop · NFL
Carolina Panthers2026 NFL rookie season
Carolina Panthers2026 NFL rookie season
