Player Dossier

2019-2023

West Virginia

Lee Kpogba

LB • 6'1" • 234 lbs • Winston-salem, NC, USA

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Lee Kpogba shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45 disruption score.

Usage / Role

82%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Syracuse • West Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Player Story

Lee Kpogba built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Winston-salem, NC wearing No. 1, spending time with Syracuse and West Virginia. The clearest part of Lee Kpogba's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8897

Parkland · Winston Salem, NC

Committed To
Syracuse
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Lee Kpogba, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · West Virginia. Lee Kpogba shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
233
TFL
15
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
14
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Lee Kpogba quick answers

Latest team and position
West Virginia · LB
Career Tackles
233
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · West Virginia
Top game
TCU
Recruit profile
3-star · Parkland · Syracuse
High school pipeline
Parkland · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
97 tackles · LB 44th (top 4%) · Big 12 7th (top 2%) · National 57th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse11-0--036.7
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse104321--020.9
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia12925.53.56-068.3
2023 PostseasonWest Virginia131210--070
2023 Regular SeasonWest Virginia13856.5381070

Related Context

Lee Kpogba played LB for Syracuse and West Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Lee Kpogba recorded 233 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

West Virginia paired 19.5 primary output with 45 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 45 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Syracuse, West Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2023 Postseason · West Virginia

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

45

Usage

12.5

Consistency

35

Best Game by takeover score

TCU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 1. Penn State: 2.5. Duquesne: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Texas Tech: 0. TCU: 6. Houston: 1. Oklahoma State: 0.5. UCF: 2. BYU: 2.5. Oklahoma: 0. Cincinnati: 3. Baylor: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 12 by 60. Penn State: 13 by 75. Duquesne: 2 by 18.3. Pittsburgh: 7 by 29.2. Texas Tech: 7 by 29.2. TCU: 11 by 95.8. Houston: 6 by 35. Oklahoma State: 5 by 25.8. UCF: 8 by 53.3. BYU: 8 by 58.3. Oklahoma: 4 by 16.7. Cincinnati: 10 by 71.7. Baylor: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.7 · Games = 9 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

TCU

Best efficiency game

95.8 vs TCU

Result
Wed 12/27vs North Carolina10+ tacklesW 30-10128100
Sun 11/26@ BaylorW 34-3143000
Sat 11/18vs Cincinnati10+ tackles · Splash gameW 42-21102110
Sun 11/12@ OklahomaL 20-5940000
Sat 11/4vs BYUSplash gameW 37-7841.5000
Sat 10/28@ UCFSplash gameW 41-2885110
Sat 10/21vs Oklahoma StateL 34-48510.5000
Thu 10/12@ HoustonL 39-4162000
Sun 10/1@ TCU10+ tackles · Splash gameW 24-21118111
Sat 9/23vs Texas TechW 20-1372000
Sat 9/16vs PittsburghW 17-673000
Sat 9/9vs DuquesneW 56-1722000
Sat 9/2@ Penn State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 15-381371.5000

Player Story

Lee Kpogba story

Lee Kpogba built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Winston-salem, NC wearing No. 1, spending time with Syracuse and West Virginia. The clearest part of Lee Kpogba's career was his defensive production: 233 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Lee Kpogba's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Syracuse

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    West Virginia

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse04.20.7
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse320.94.93
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse0-3
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1543.812.715
2023 PostseasonWest Virginia19.54512.54.5
2023 Regular SeasonWest Virginia19.54512.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ TCU

Week 5 · W 24-21 · Conference game

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

98.6 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Oklahoma State

Week 13 · W 24-19 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

95 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95 takeover score.

#3

vs Liberty

Week 7 · L 21-38

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas

Week 5 · L 20-38 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

81.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Cincinnati

Week 12 · W 42-21 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · West Virginia

19.5 primary output · 45 efficiency · 12.5 usage

70

#2

2023 Regular Season · West Virginia

70

19.5 primary · 45 efficiency · 12.5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · West Virginia

68.3

15 primary · 43.8 efficiency · 12.7 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

10

Splash games

7

10+ tackle games