Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Auburn
Kayin Lee
CB • 5'11" • 180 lbs • Ellenwood, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kayin Lee shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Auburn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Auburn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
Kayin Lee built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Ellenwood, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Kayin Lee's career was his defensive production: 82 tackles,...
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- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Kayin Lee, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Auburn. Kayin Lee shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 82
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 17
Quick Answers
Kayin Lee quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Auburn · CB
- Career Tackles
- 82
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Auburn
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cedar Grove · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- Cedar Grove · 40 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · CB 105th (top 23%) · SEC 160th (top 22%) · National 1,336th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 11 | 32 | - | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Auburn | 12 | 31 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 24.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Kayin Lee played CB for Auburn. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kayin Lee recorded 82 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Auburn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Auburn paired 9 primary output with 16.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Auburn
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
14.9
Usage
2.5
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 0. Ball State: 0. South Alabama: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Georgia: 1. Missouri: 3. Arkansas: 0. Kentucky: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Mercer: 1. Alabama: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma: 3 by 12.5. Texas A&M: 3 by 12.5. Georgia: 1 by 14.2. Missouri: 1 by 34.2. Arkansas: 3 by 12.5. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 5 by 20.8. Mercer: 6 by 35. Alabama: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Missouri
Best efficiency game
35 vs Mercer
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs Alabama | L 20-27 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Mercer | W 62-17 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Vanderbilt | L 38-45 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Kentucky | L 3-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Arkansas | W 33-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs MissouriSplash game | L 17-23 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Georgia | L 10-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Texas A&M | L 10-16 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Oklahoma | L 17-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs South Alabama | W 31-15 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Ball State | W 42-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Baylor | W 38-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kayin Lee story
Kayin Lee built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Ellenwood, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Kayin Lee's career was his defensive production: 82 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 17 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Auburn. 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 Kayin Lee's production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Auburn.
The arc is straightforward: Kayin 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
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Auburn
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 9 | 16.9 | 2.8 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 9 | 16.9 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 9 | 20.3 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Auburn | 5 | 14.9 | 2.5 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kentucky
Week 9 · W 24-10 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
62 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.
#2
@ Maryland
Week 1 · L 13-31 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 21 Missouri
Week 8 · L 17-23 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
55 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#4
vs Arkansas
Week 4 · L 14-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
53.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.
#5
@ California
Week 2 · W 14-10
2
Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Auburn
9 primary output · 16.9 efficiency · 2.8 usage
51.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Auburn
51.1
9 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 2.8 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Auburn
40.5
9 primary · 20.3 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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