Vad Lee
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Born: | Durham, North Carolina, U.S. | April 27, 1993
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Hillside (Durham, North Carolina) |
College: | Georgia Tech (2011–2013) James Madison (2014–2015) |
Position: | Quarterback |
Undrafted: | 2016 |
Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Lavaedeay Monlique "Vad" Lee (born April 27, 1993) is an
He went to Hillside High School in Durham, North Carolina. Lee is considered to be a skilled dual-threat, athletic quarterback who redshirted as a true freshman at Georgia Tech. Lee played in several games during his redshirt freshman season in 2012 as a backup to starting Georgia Tech quarterback Tevin Washington, and Lee was the Yellow Jackets' starting quarterback during 2013 season. Lee went to Georgia Tech after a successful prep career in North Carolina. In January 2014, Lee transferred to James Madison University.
High school
Lee earned four varsity letters and served three years as a team captain while playing for Hillside under coach Antonio King. Lee led Hillside to the North Carolina state championship in 2010. Lee's high school career totals include: 5,000 passing yards, 1,960 rushing yards, and Lee was responsible for 85 touchdowns. Lee also played wide receiver as a sophomore, producing 1,124 receiving yards and nine touchdowns.
Lee led Hillside to a perfect 16–0 record in 2010 and won the North Carolina 4A State Championship game 40–0 over Davie County at BB&T field in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Lee threw for 264 yards and three touchdown passes in the state championship game, earning MVP honors. Lee's other high school honors include: the Pac-6 Conference Player of the Year, the AP North Carolina state Player of the Year, first team all-state, and MVP of the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl.[1][2]
College
Georgia Tech
Lee was recruited by
James Madison
In January 2014, Chip Patterson at CBSsports.com reported Lee would transfer to
2014 season
In his first season with the Dukes, Lee was named the starter at quarterback and would go on to lead the Dukes to a
2015 season
Prior to the start of the 2015 season, Lee was named to the watch lists for the STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year (formerly the Walter Payton Award) and the College Football Performance Awards FCS National Performer of the Year Trophy.[19][20] In JMU's 2015 home opening victory against Morehead State, Lee became the first JMU QB to throw for more than 250 yards and rush for more than 100 in a single game. In a week four 48–45 victory against SMU, Lee set a Division I record by becoming the first player to both run and pass for 275 yards in a single game.[21][22]
After a 7–0 start to the season, Lee suffered a broken foot during the fourth quarter of a 59–49 loss against Richmond. During the game, Lee tied JMU's all-time passing touchdown record with 51 career touchdowns, across just 21 games.[23] Lee was forced to undergo surgery for his foot, ending his final college season. While announcing the end of Lee's career, head coach Everett Withers called him "one of the best players in JMU history."[21]
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GT vs. UNC 11/10/12 |
Statistics
Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
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Year (College) | Comp | Attempts | Comp% | Yards | TDowns | Intercep. | Attempts | Yards | TDown |
2011 (GT) | DNP | ||||||||
2012 (GT) | 27 | 56 | 48.2% | 596 | 4 | 3 | 96 | 544 | 9 |
2013 (GT) | 82 | 180 | 45.6% | 1,561 | 11 | 10 | 182 | 513 | 8 |
2014 (JMU) | 282 | 465 | 60.6% | 3,462 | 30 | 7 | 183 | 826 | 9 |
2015 (JMU) | 164 | 240 | 68.3% | 2,190 | 21 | 10 | 109 | 814 | 8 |
Total | 555 | 941 | 59.0% | 7,809 | 66 | 30 | 570 | 2,697 | 34 |
Professional career
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Lee dressed for three games for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2016 as 3rd string QB, recording one rushing attempt.[24] Lee was cut on August 12, 2016.
Columbus Lions
On August 28, 2017, Lee signed with the Columbus Lions for the 2018 season. He was released on February 1, 2018.[25]
In February 2019, Lee joined Your Call Football where he was coached by Solomon Wilcots during a 4-game series where fans called the plays through a mobile app.[26]
DC Defenders
Lee was signed by the
Lee signed with the Alphas of The Spring League in May 2021.[28]
Pittsburgh Maulers
He signed with the
Lee was released after the season on January 2, 2023.[31]
BC Lions
Lee signed with the BC Lions of the CFL on January 5, 2023.[32] He was released on February 27, 2023.[33]
Philadelphia Stars
On March 19, 2023, Lee signed with the
Career statistics
Year | Team | League | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
2016 | SSK | CFL | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2022 | PIT | USFL
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6 | 4 | 1–3 | 71 | 128 | 55.5 | 729 | 5.7 | 6 | 6 | 68.1 | 17 | 60 | 3.5 | 1 |
See also
- List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football statistical leaders
- 2012 Sun Bowl
References
- ^ "Vad Lee Profile". ramblinwreck.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "Vad Lee Profile". scout.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ Klemko, Robert (November 10, 2012). "Georgia Tech, UNC combine for 118 points". USA Today. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
- ^ Jack Blanchat (November 11, 2012). "Georgia Tech Vs. North Carolina: Vad Lee steers Yellow Jackets to win in highest-scoring ACC game ever". sbnation.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ W. E. Warnack (November 14, 2012). "Vad Lee is triumphant in homecoming". newsobserver.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ Ken Sugiura (November 10, 2012). "In return home, Lee incinerates Tar Heels". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ^ Odum, Charles (November 17, 2012). "Washington leads Georgia Tech past Duke, 42–24". ap.org. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
- ^ "Statements On Vad Lee's Decision To Transfer". ramblinwreck.com. January 3, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Ex-Georgia Tech QB Vad Lee headed to James Madison". cbssports.com. January 13, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ^ "Fresh start: Georgia Tech transfer Vad Lee looks to lead JMU football turnaround". Augusta Free Press. August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ^ "Vad Lee Named CAA Offensive Player of the Week". JMUsports.com. November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ "Reynolds, #25 JMU Rolls to 55–20 Triumph at #14 Richmond". JMUsports.com. November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ^ "CAA Football Week 13 Awards". CAAsports.com. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Lee, Ricard Added to National Award Watch Lists". CAAsports.com. November 18, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^ "The Sports Network – Football Championship Subdivision". Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ "JMU's Lee wins Dudley, H-SC's Nance wins Lanier". Richmond Times-Dispatch. December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ "Lee Named Dudley Award Winner, State's Top Division I Player". JMUSports.com. December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ "Quarterback Vad Lee Named Third Team AP All-American". JMUSports.com. December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
- ^ "FCS Offensive Player of the Year Watch List". CAASports.com. July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ "Vad Lee Named to CFPA FCS National Performer of the Year Watch List". JMUSports.com. July 30, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ a b Williams, Erin (October 26, 2015). "Quarterback Vad Lee out for remainder of season". The Breeze. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ "JMU's Vad Lee still seeking NFL opportunity". Fox Sports. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ "JMU Quarterback Vad Lee Out Indefinitely with Foot Injury". nbc29.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ "Vad Lee". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
- ^ "Transactions". nationalarenaleague.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ Evans, Dayna (April 10, 2019). "Inside the tech experiment that wants to change football forever". www.espn.com. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Talbot, Damond (January 22, 2020). "A Full List of XFL Roster Cuts, Who was released today?". NFLDraftDiamonds.com. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
- ^ @TheSpringLeague (May 3, 2021). "First look at the #TSLAlphas roster at #TSL2021!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @USFLMaulers (May 10, 2022). "Roster Update" (Tweet). Retrieved May 10, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ @USFLMaulers (May 15, 2022). "MAULERS WIN MAULERS WIN MAULERS WIN MAULERS WIN MAULERS WIN" (Tweet). Retrieved May 15, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ @USFLMaulers (January 2, 2023). "Released" (Tweet). Retrieved January 2, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "2023 CFL Transactions". CFL.ca. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ "Transactions". bclions.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ @USFLStars (March 19, 2023). "Free Agent Signing" (Tweet). Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Seifert, Kevin (January 1, 2024). "Newly formed United Football League sets 8 markets, tabs coaches". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 15, 2024.