Player Dossier

2019-2024

SMU

Tarian Lee Jr.

LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Tallahassee, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tarian Lee Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

47

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Texas A&M • Georgia Southern • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Tarian Lee Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Georgia Southern, SMU, and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Tarian Lee Jr.'s career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8744

Chaminade-Madonna · Hollywood, FL

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Tarian Lee Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Tarian Lee Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
48
TFL
4.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Tarian Lee Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · LB
Career Tackles
48
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 20 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
3-star · Chaminade-Madonna
High school pipeline
Chaminade-Madonna · 72 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
1 tackles · LB 1,212th (top 99%) · ACC 750th (top 98%) · National 5,947th (top 98%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonTexas A&M00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonTexas A&M00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonTexas A&M48-0--040.8
2022 Regular SeasonTexas A&M59-0--039.3
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern9303.50-1044.2
2024 Regular SeasonSMU2110--022.8

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Georgia Southern to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted19.6Apr 25, 2024
2023Texas A&M to Georgia SouthernP4 to G5/FCS19.6Dec 6, 2022

Tarian Lee Jr. played LB for Texas A&M, Georgia Southern, and SMU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Tarian Lee Jr. recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Georgia Southern paired 5.5 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas A&M, Georgia Southern, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston Christian

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · SMU

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

7.1

Usage

1.9

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Houston Christian

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Houston Christian: 1. TCU: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Houston Christian

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Houston Christian

Result
Sat 9/21vs TCUW 66-42
Sun 9/1vs Houston ChristianW 59-711100

Player Story

Tarian Lee Jr. story

Tarian Lee Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Georgia Southern, SMU, and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Tarian Lee Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 22 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tarian Lee Jr.'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

    Texas A&M

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Georgia Southern

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    SMU

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonTexas A&M0
2020 Regular SeasonTexas A&M00
2021 Regular SeasonTexas A&M08.31.70
2022 Regular SeasonTexas A&M07.51.30
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern5.5205.55.5
2024 Regular SeasonSMU17.11.9-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Marshall

Week 11 · L 33-38 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Georgia State

Week 9 · W 44-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 5 · W 38-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

48.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Houston Christian

Week 1 · W 59-7

1

Havoc Plays

48.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Texas State

Week 10 · L 24-45 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

18.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

5.5 primary output · 20 efficiency · 5.5 usage

44.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · Texas A&M

40.8

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Texas A&M

39.3

0 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games