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A defensive lineman transfer that joined the Bulls in the summer of 2025 after playing four seasons at Vanderbilt…saw action in 32 games for the Commodores, including seven as a true-freshman.

2024 (VANDERBILT): Earned SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll…played in four regular season games and the Birmingham Bowl…had a tackle in a double-overtime setback at No. 7 Missouri.

2023 (VANDERBILT): Played in all 12 games and started six…made 15 tackles, one tackle for loss and was credited with three quarterback hurries on the year.

2022 (VANDERBILT): Played in nine games after missing the first three due to injury…finished the season with 13 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks…posted a season-best four tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss at Missouri.

2021(VANDERBILT): Saw action in seven games with one start as a true-freshman…logged six tackles on the year, including two in the season finale at Tennessee.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year starter at Ola High School under coach Jared Zito…rated a consensus three-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com…the No. 42 rated defensive tackle nationally according to ESPN.com, and No. 44 by 247Sports.com…earned 2020 Class 5A Georgia High School Football Daily first team honors…selected to play in the Florida vs. Georgia All-Star game in January, 2021…during his senior season, he helped Ola to a 9-2 record and trip to the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) 5A state playoffs…a First team Region 4-5A honoree in 2019…the Mustangs, who went 1-9 just two years earlier in 2018, earned a Region 4-5A runner-up finish with a 6-1 mark…as a senior, totaled 58 tackles, 9.0 sacks and 12.0 tackles for loss…part of a defense that surrendered just 17.0 points per game during his senior season…booked 53 tackles, 17.0 sacks and 26.0 tackles for loss to go along with 11 quarterback pressures during junior season…in 2019, helped the Mustangs to a 7-4 record and trip to the GHSA playoffs…in his sophomore year, he registered 27 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks and received honorable mention all-region accolades.

PERSONAL: The son of Melinda and Patrick Lee.