Will Lee III
Will Lee III
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Arkansas — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas A&M, 134 tackles — drafted at #129 overall by Carolina.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Elijah Robinson → Mike Elko. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Carolina2026 NFL rookie season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Elko
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas A&M | 50 | 40 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas A&M | 42 | 39 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 42 | 32 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 134 | 111 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 23 | 4 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 41–40
at Notre Dame
6 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 PD
Edged out Notre Dame on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Perimeter Tackler
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ra'Mello Dotson’s 2024 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Domani Jackson's junior season at Alabama (2024).
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