#90

William Lee

Defensive tackle for Northern Illinois. 2017: 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

DT · Northern Illinois · #90

6′1″ · 300 lb · Indianapolis, IN

Northern Illinois 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive tackle for Northern Illinois. 2017: 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2013.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 2418 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Two seasons at Northern Illinois, 37 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Northern Illinois2-star out of Arsenal Technical

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2418 national

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Rod Carey — 13-12 over that span.

2016Northern Illinois5-7HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Northern Illinois8-5HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (84th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (16th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#401 / 2682 · 84th pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#889 / 2682 · 65th pct

3.5

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Tackles#1942 / 2682 · 26th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2191 / 2682 · 16th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Northern Illinois	19	8	3.5	2.5	--	--	--
2016	Northern Illinois	18	6	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		37	14	4.5	2.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017

W 38–10

vs Eastern Illinois

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 28-point win at home against Eastern Illinois.

With D. Santacaterina — 252 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.2 · 14 rush yds (5 car) · M. Ference — 41 AVG · 42 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 20-23vs Boston College	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 38-10vs Eastern Illinois	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	W 21-17@ Nebraska	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 28-34@ San Diego State	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 24-3vs Kent State	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 7	W 14-13@ Buffalo	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 30-27vs Eastern Michigan	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 17-27@ Toledo	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 12	W 35-31vs Western Michigan	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 24-31@ Central Michigan	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		19	8	3.5	2.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology