Player Career

Mike Lee Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Mike Lee story

Mike Lee built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a safety from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 11, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Mike Lee's career was his defensive production: 286 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Kansas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Mike Lee's production has multiple signals. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas.

The arc is straightforward: Mike Lee moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Kansas

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonKansas5.537.26.8
2017 Regular SeasonKansas635.66.90.5
2018 Regular SeasonKansas227.26.1-4
2019 Regular SeasonKansas4.528.45.62.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ohio

Week 3 · L 30-42

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Iowa State

Week 13 · L 31-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

86.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas

Week 12 · W 24-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

83 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83 takeover score.

#4

@ Oklahoma State

Week 12 · L 13-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas

Week 13 · L 17-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

73 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Kansas

5.5 primary output · 37.2 efficiency · 6.8 usage

54.3

#2

2017 Regular Season · Kansas

50.9

6 primary · 35.6 efficiency · 6.9 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Kansas

41.1

4.5 primary · 28.4 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

3

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games