Usage / Role
7%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Mississippi State
Dontavian Lee
RB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Hattiesburg, MS, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Dontavian Lee leans balanced backfield option traits and 37 efficiency.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern State
3★
- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Dontavian Lee, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Mississippi State. Dontavian Lee leans balanced backfield option traits and 37 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 330
- Rushing yards
- 310
- Receiving yards
- 20
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Dontavian Lee quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 330
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2015 Postseason · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Northwestern State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Forrest County Agricultural · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Forrest County Agricultural · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Senior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 82 scrimmage yards · RB 459th (top 67%) · SEC 162nd (top 53%) · National 1,491st (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Postseason | Mississippi State | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 150 | 135 | 15 | 0 | 47.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 7 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 24.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 41.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 6 | 82 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 32.9 |
Related Context
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Dontavian Lee played RB for Mississippi State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dontavian Lee recorded 310 rushing yards, 20 receiving yards, and 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason
Mississippi State paired 152 primary output with 49.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 37 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Win with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
13.7
Efficiency
37
Usage
5.6
Consistency
24.5
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stephen F. Austin: 29. Louisiana: 4. Texas A&M: 0. Louisiana Tech: 7. Arkansas: 38. Ole Miss: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stephen F. Austin: 6 by 50.3. Louisiana: 2 by 20.8. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 36.5. Arkansas: 7 by 56.5. Ole Miss: 2 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half11 · Games = 3 · -5.3 vs Second Half
Second Half16.3 · Games = 3 · +5.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas
Best efficiency game
56.5 vs Arkansas
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Mississippi State
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Postseason | Mississippi State | 152 | 49.1 | 5.6 | 152 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 152 | 49.1 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 32 | 32.4 | 2.4 | -120 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 64 | 45.8 | 3.2 | 32 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 82 | 37 | 5.6 | 18 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern State
Week 3 · W 62-13
Win with 57 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
74.8 takeover
57 scrimmage yards and 9.4 usage.
#2
vs Troy
Week 6 · W 45-17
44
Scrimmage Yards
65.7 takeover
Win with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44 scrimmage yards and 11.6 usage.
#3
vs Arkansas
Week 12 · W 52-6 · Conference game
38
Scrimmage Yards
63.5 takeover
Win with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
38 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.
#4
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 2 · W 57-21
15
Scrimmage Yards
63 takeover
Win with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
15 scrimmage yards and 3.8 usage.
#5
vs Auburn
Week 6 · L 14-38 · Conference game
14
Scrimmage Yards
61.3 takeover
Loss with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
14 scrimmage yards and 3.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Postseason · Mississippi State
152 primary output · 49.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage
47.3
#2
2015 Regular Season · Mississippi State
47.3
152 primary · 49.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Mississippi State
41.1
64 primary · 45.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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