#29

Marco Lee

Senior running back for South Alabama. 2023: 220 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 1 catch.

RB · South Alabama · Sr. · #29

6′0″ · 235 lb · Columbus, GA

CFB Index 33 · #279 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceSouth Alabama 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 97 nationally · Joined Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for South Alabama. 2023: 220 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 1 catch.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2020.
Transferred from Virginia Tech to South Alabama in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Alabama, 495 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of Coffeyville C.C.

202212 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#97 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020

Steve Campbell

South Alabama

2021–2023

Kane Wommack

South Alabama

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Campbell → Kane Wommack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: J.C. Price · Run-heavy

2022South Alabama10-3HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #279 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (84th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#244 / 426 · 43rd pct

3.8%

EPA / carry#248 / 426 · 42nd pct

0.13

Yards / carry#335 / 426 · 21st pct

4.5

Success rate#337 / 426 · 21st pct

38.5%

Explosive rate#415 / 426 · 1st pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 207 · 84th pct

Rush TDs#218 / 333 · 27th pct

Yards / carry#250 / 333 · 24th pct

4.2

Carries#277 / 333 · 16th pct

Rush yards#296 / 333 · 11th pct

220

Rec yards#313 / 327 · 4th pct

Long run#326 / 333 · 2nd pct

Receptions#317 / 327 · 2nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

40th → 42nd percentile

Success rate

30th → 21st percentile

Explosive rate

14th → 1st percentile

Yards / carry

7th → 21st percentile

TD rate

51st → 43rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	26.4	3.3	0.2
Road5g	17.6	3.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	32.0	4.6	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	12.0	1.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #279 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #279 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	South Alabama	53	220	4.2	2	--
2022	South Alabama	67	247	3.7	4	--
2021	Virginia Tech	2	12	6.0	0	--
2020	Virginia Tech	3	16	5.3	0	--
Career		125	495	4.0	6	--

Season	Team
2023	South Alabama	1	8	8.0	0	--
2022	South Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Virginia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Virginia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	8	8.0	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 35–17

vs SE Louisiana

66 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

With C. Bradley — 258 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.4 · C. Lacy — 8 rec · 139 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -3.43Desmond Trotter pass complete to Marco Lee Jr. for 4 yds to the TXST 24 South Alabama Penalty, UNS: Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Dontae Lucas) to the TXST 34
Week 2 · SE Louisiana · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +3.06Marco Lee Jr. run for 13 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 6 · UL Monroe · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Marco Lee Jr. run for 10 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 8 · Southern Miss · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.93Marco Lee Jr. run for 8 yds to the USM 34 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Marshall · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.90Marco Lee Jr. run for 8 yds to the USA 42 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · SE Louisiana · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +1.61Marco Lee Jr. run for 13 yds to the SELA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.12Marco Lee Jr. run for 13 yds to the ULM 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Central Michigan · 1&1 · Q4 · EPA -0.96Marco Lee Jr. run for no gain to the CMU 1
Week 13 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.86Desmond Trotter pass complete to Marco Lee Jr. for 8 yds to the TXST 43
Week 12 · Marshall · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.84Marco Lee Jr. run for 1 yd to the MRSH 42

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 35-17vs SE Louisiana	11	66	6.0	1	13	Season-high 66 yds
Wk 3	W 33-7@ Oklahoma State	6	30	5.0	0	11
Wk 4	L 30-34vs Central Michigan	4	10	2.5	0	6
Wk 5	L 23-31@ James Madison	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 6	W 55-7@ UL Monroe	11	49	4.5	1	13
Wk 8	W 55-3vs Southern Miss	6	26	4.3	0	11
Wk 10	L 10-28@ Troy	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 11	W 21-14vs Arkansas State	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 12	W 28-0vs Marshall	8	30	3.8	0	8
Wk 13	L 44-52@ Texas State	4	4	1.0	0	3
Total		53	220	3.2	2	13

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Marco Lee

2020

202212 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Workhorse

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