Elijah Lee

Height:
6-3
Weight:
214
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Blue Springs

CAREER HONORS
• 2016 First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, AP, ESPN.com, Phil Steele)
• 2016 Second Team All-Big 12 (Pro Football Focus)
• 2016 Honorable Mention Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches)
• 2016 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (West Virginia)
• 2016 Bednarik Award, Nagurski Trophy and Butkus Award watch lists
• 2016 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2015 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2014 Honorable Mention Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year

CAREER (Click Here for Career Stats): A three-year letterwinner who made the successful transition from high school defensive end to two-time All-Big 12 linebacker... Became the first Wildcat linebacker to earn consecutive All-Big 12 honors since Arthur Brown in 2011 and 2012... Tallied five career interceptions, the most by a Wildcat linebacker under head coach Bill Snyder... Finished career tied for fourth in K-State bowl history with 20 career tackles... Helped the Wildcats earn a 24-15 record and three bowl berths in his career prior to declaring to the NFL Draft after his junior year.

2016 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Started all 13 games, leading the team with 110 tackles while adding 6.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two interceptions en route to First Team All-Big 12 honors from the league’s coaches, Associated Press, ESPN.com and Phil Steele... Also earned second-team honors from Pro Football Focus, while he received votes for Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year... Ranked third in the Big 12 in total tackles and tied for 18th nationally in solo tackles per game (5.5)... Tied for ninth in K-State history with 72 unassisted tackles... Recorded at least seven tackles in 10 games, including eight of the nine Big 12 contests.. Earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors following the West Virginia contest when he tallied a career-best 14 tackles, including a sack, and an interception... His effort against the Mountaineers included a career-best 12 solo stops... Also reached double-digit tackle marks against Stanford (12), Oklahoma (10), Iowa State (11) and Texas A&M (12)... His 12 stops against the Aggies in the Texas Bowl tied for the third most in K-State bowl history... Tallied his second pick of the season and fifth of his career against Kansas... Was on the preseason watch lists for the Bednarik Award, Nagurski Trophy and Butkus Award.

2015 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Started all 13 games, leading the team with 80 tackles en route to Second Team All-Big 12 honors from the league’s coaches... Became K-State’s first underclassman (Fr. or So.) linebacker to earn First or Second Team All-Big 12 honors since College Football Hall of Famer Mark Simoneau in 1998... Is the first Wildcat underclassman to lead the team in tackles since 2008... Also finished second on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss and third with 5.0 sacks... Recorded three interceptions, the most by a K-State linebacker since 2002... Two of his picks came against TCU, the most in a game by a Wildcat linebacker since 2002... Tied for eighth in the Big 12 in interceptions and 17th in sacks... Set career highs in tackles (12), TFLs (3.0) and sacks (2.0) against Louisiana Tech... Also reached double digits in tackles against Texas Tech with 11, including a 14-yard sack... Recorded eight tackles on three occasions – against Texas, Baylor and Kansas... Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2014 (Click here for Game-by-Game Stats):Played in all 13 games and totaled 19 tackles, including 4.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a pass breakup... Recorded the most sacks by a true freshman in school history and the second most among all freshmen (true and redshirt)... His sack total was the most among all true freshmen in the Big 12 in 2014... Started the season off with two sacks against Stephen F. Austin, becoming the first true freshman under head coach Bill Snyder to record two sacks in a game... Also recorded sacks against Texas and Kansas, and a half sack at Iowa State... Registered a career-high four tackles against UTEP.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Blue Springs under head coach Kelly Donohoe... A two-time recipient of the Buck Buchanan Memorial Award, given to the best lineman or linebacker in the top two high school classes in Kansas or Missouri high school football in the Kansas City area... Is only the second two-time winner of the award... Selected as the Missouri Football Coaches’ Association (MFCA) Class 6 Defensive Player of the Year, while he was a unanimous pick for the MFCA All-State squad in 2013... Named first team all-state by the Missouri media in 2013 and was selected to the USA Today/American Family Insurance All-USA Missouri Team... Named to the MaxPreps Junior All-American team in 2012... Also a first team all-state honoree by both the coaches and media as a junior... A two-time Kansas City Star All-Metro honoree... Rated the 39th-best outside linebacker nationally by Scout.com and 41st by Rivals.com... Recorded 85 tackles, including 36 for loss and 12 sacks as a senior after collecting 71 tackles, 33.5 TFLs and 18.5 sacks in 2012... Teammate of current K-State running back Dalvin Warmack... Also participated in basketball, earning all-conference and all-district honors.

PERSONAL: Elijah James?Lee was born February 8, 1996, in St. Joseph, Missouri... Son of Kevin Ginn and Sharon Lee... Has four siblings... Majoring in business.