Last confirmed: Kansas State, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Blue Springs, MO
Elijah Lee: LB · Kansas State · #9.
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Elijah Lee
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Second year in the Kansas State linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 14 tackles and 1 sack against West Virginia — Week 5, 2016.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
110 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kansas State | 110 | 72 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | Kansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Career | 110 | 72 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-26@ No. 8 Stanford | 12 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-7vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-0vs Missouri State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-17@ West Virginia | 14 | 12 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 44-38vs Texas Tech | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-38@ No. 19 Oklahoma | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Texas | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-26@ Iowa State | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 37-43vs No. 22 Oklahoma State | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-21@ Baylor | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-19vs Kansas | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-6@ TCU | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 33-28vs Texas A&M | 12 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 110 | 72 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
110tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%6 TFLSack rate
1%2 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups110 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Bill Snyder, all run-heavy offenses — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 10.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 9.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Snyder
Pass share
35.5%
309 pass / 562 run
Plays / game
67.0
13 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
345 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
110 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Kansas State, 110 tackles — drafted at #232 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bill Snyder.
Where he ended up · NFL
Minnesota VikingsEntering 10th NFL season
Minnesota VikingsEntering 10th NFL season
