Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024UAB
Lee Witherspoon
RB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Birmingham, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Lee Witherspoon leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
11
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
2
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UAB
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Mississippi State • UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama A&M
Player Story
Lee Witherspoon built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 5, spending time with Mississippi State and UAB. The clearest part of Lee Witherspoon's career was his...
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Lee Witherspoon, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UAB. Lee Witherspoon leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 568
- Rushing yards
- 433
- Receiving yards
- 135
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Lee Witherspoon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UAB · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 568
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · UAB
- Top game
- Alabama A&M
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Warren
- High school pipeline
- Warren · 13 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 178 scrimmage yards · RB 361st (top 51%) · American Athletic 118th (top 39%) · National 1,089th (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Mississippi State | 10 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 50.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 10 | 121 | 84 | 37 | 1 | 50.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | Mississippi State | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 75 | 26 | 49 | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Postseason | UAB | 4 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 4 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 36.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UAB | 9 | 89 | 52 | 37 | 0 | 30.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UAB | 10 | 178 | 166 | 12 | 0 | 53.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Mississippi State to UAB | P4 to G5/FCS | 15.5 | Jan 6, 2021 |
Lee Witherspoon played RB for Mississippi State and UAB. Across 6 tracked seasons, Lee Witherspoon recorded 433 rushing yards, 135 receiving yards, and 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
UAB paired 178 primary output with 44.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 44.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Mississippi State, UAB.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alcorn State
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · UAB
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
17.8
Efficiency
44.3
Usage
6.7
Consistency
49.6
Best Game by takeover score
Alcorn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alcorn State: 43. UL Monroe: 8. Navy: 18. Tulane: 3. Army: 12. South Florida: 9. UConn: 16. Memphis: -1. Rice: 33. Charlotte: 37
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alcorn State: 8 by 58.9. UL Monroe: 2 by 41.7. Navy: 3 by 62.5. Tulane: 2 by 15.6. Army: 5 by 25. South Florida: 4 by 23.4. UConn: 2 by 83.3. Memphis: 1 by 0. Rice: 7 by 55.9. Charlotte: 5 by 77.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins38 · Games = 2 · +25.3 vs Losses
Losses12.8 · Games = 8 · -25.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Alcorn State
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs UConn
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Charlotte | L 27-29 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | — | — | 7.4 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Rice | W 40-14 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4.7 |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Memphis | L 18-53 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| Sat 11/9 | vs UConn | L 23-31 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ South Florida | L 25-35 | 4 | 9 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Army | L 10-44 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — | 2.4 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Tulane | L 20-71 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Navy | L 18-41 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ UL Monroe | L 6-32 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Alcorn State | W 41-3 | 6 | 35 | 5.80 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5.4 |
Player Story
Lee Witherspoon story
Lee Witherspoon built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 5, spending time with Mississippi State and UAB. The clearest part of Lee Witherspoon's career was his backfield work: 433 rushing yards, 95 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 135 receiving yards across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 135 receiving yards, 8 tackles, and 91 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Lee Witherspoon'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
Mississippi State
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
UAB
2021-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Mississippi State | 138 | 52.8 | 4.6 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 138 | 52.8 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Mississippi State | 84 | 43.7 | 4 | -54 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 84 | 43.7 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | — | — | -84 |
| 2022 Postseason | UAB | 79 | 39.2 | 7.4 | 79 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 79 | 39.2 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UAB | 89 | 32.7 | 4.2 | 10 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UAB | 178 | 44.3 | 6.7 | 89 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Alabama A&M
Week 1 · W 59-0
Win with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
71.6 takeover
53 scrimmage yards and 16 usage.
#2
vs Missouri
Week 16 · W 51-32 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
67.8 takeover
Win with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
26 scrimmage yards and 6.1 usage.
#3
vs Southern Miss
Week 2 · W 38-15
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Scrimmage Yards
64.9 takeover
Win with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
40 scrimmage yards and 12.3 usage.
#4
vs Alcorn State
Week 1 · W 41-3
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Scrimmage Yards
63 takeover
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 10.5 usage.
#5
@ Charlotte
Week 14 · L 27-29 · Conference game
37
Scrimmage Yards
61.9 takeover
Loss with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
37 scrimmage yards and 7.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · UAB
178 primary output · 44.3 efficiency · 6.7 usage
53.3
#2
2019 Postseason · Mississippi State
50.5
138 primary · 52.8 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Mississippi State
50.5
138 primary · 52.8 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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