2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 8
Will Lee III
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kirkwood, Mo.
- High School:
- Kirkwood
- Prev School:
- Iowa Western CC
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2023 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)
2023: Played in 11 games with nine starts, totaling 42 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, eight total passes defended, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery en route to All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades from the league’s coaches... Set a career high with nine tackles in addition to recovering a fumble at Texas... Carded eight tackles at Oklahoma State... Posted six tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and an interception, against Troy... Also intercepted a pass against Houston... Had two passes defended against both Houston and Baylor... Missed the Texas Tech contest due to injury.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played one season at Iowa Western under head coach Scott Strohmeier... Viewed as the 15th-best overall community-college prospect in the Class of 2023 by On3, while the organization rated him the third-best community-college cornerback in the class... Also ranked No. 24 among all community-college prospects by ESPN, which viewed him as a safety and placed him No. 2 at that position at the community-college level... Earned NJCAA First Team All-America, first team all-conference and all-region honors in 2022... Totaled 34 tackles, a tackle for loss, an interception and 10 passes defended over 12 games in 2022, which culminated with a NJCAA National Championship victory... Totaled a season-high six tackles and three passes defended in the national championship... Returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown in Iowa Western’s national semifinal victory... Broke up a pair of passes against Garden City... Had five stops at Iowa Central and tallied his TFL at Coffeyville... Redshirted the 2021 season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Kirkwood under head coach Ferrell Shelton... A two-time all-conference selection who earned first team all-state honors from the Missouri Football Coaches Association in 2019... Collected 61 tackles, including 14 for loss and four sacks as a junior... Also competed in basketball and track.
PERSONAL: Will Lee III was born April 9, 2003, in St. Louis, Missouri... Son of William Lee Jr... Has two siblings... Uncle, Darrell Lee, was a four-year letterwinner as a defensive lineman at Florida (2000-03)... Majoring in social sciences.
• 2023 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)
2023: Played in 11 games with nine starts, totaling 42 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, eight total passes defended, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery en route to All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades from the league’s coaches... Set a career high with nine tackles in addition to recovering a fumble at Texas... Carded eight tackles at Oklahoma State... Posted six tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and an interception, against Troy... Also intercepted a pass against Houston... Had two passes defended against both Houston and Baylor... Missed the Texas Tech contest due to injury.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played one season at Iowa Western under head coach Scott Strohmeier... Viewed as the 15th-best overall community-college prospect in the Class of 2023 by On3, while the organization rated him the third-best community-college cornerback in the class... Also ranked No. 24 among all community-college prospects by ESPN, which viewed him as a safety and placed him No. 2 at that position at the community-college level... Earned NJCAA First Team All-America, first team all-conference and all-region honors in 2022... Totaled 34 tackles, a tackle for loss, an interception and 10 passes defended over 12 games in 2022, which culminated with a NJCAA National Championship victory... Totaled a season-high six tackles and three passes defended in the national championship... Returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown in Iowa Western’s national semifinal victory... Broke up a pair of passes against Garden City... Had five stops at Iowa Central and tallied his TFL at Coffeyville... Redshirted the 2021 season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Kirkwood under head coach Ferrell Shelton... A two-time all-conference selection who earned first team all-state honors from the Missouri Football Coaches Association in 2019... Collected 61 tackles, including 14 for loss and four sacks as a junior... Also competed in basketball and track.
PERSONAL: Will Lee III was born April 9, 2003, in St. Louis, Missouri... Son of William Lee Jr... Has two siblings... Uncle, Darrell Lee, was a four-year letterwinner as a defensive lineman at Florida (2000-03)... Majoring in social sciences.