Receiver, Cornell, 2024–⁠26

Brendan Lee

Number
No. 80
Height
5′11″
Weight
176 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Silver Spring, MD

Brendan Lee plays receiver for Cornell. Last time out, against Lehigh: 2 carries, 7 yards, 1 TD; 5 catches, 92 yards, 1 TD. Lee leads Cornell in receiving yards this season.

2026 so far

18 catches, 265 yards, 1 TD

Last game: 2 carries, 7 yards, 1 TD; 5 catches, 92 yards, 1 TD vs. Lehigh, W 48–⁠38

Next game: at Brown, Oct 24

Game by game this season, receiving yards
  1. 25@COLG
  2. 16YALE
  3. 86@GTWN
  4. 46HARV
  5. 92LEH

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

6catches, career hightwice; last vs. Columbia, 202599receiving yards, career highvs. Yale, 20242receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Yale, 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2024Cornell1423817.0245
2025Cornell3131210.1139
2026Cornell1826514.7148
Career6381512.9448

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2025Cornell462012640
2026Cornell–––6380
Career4620181020

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2024Cornell80WRSo.
2025Cornell80WRJr.
2026Cornell80WRSr.5′11″176

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2025Cornell (FCS)520.118th (n=1040)0.465.98%
2026Cornell (FCS)350.4856th (n=829)0.4316.710%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2026 Cornell 5 games, 18 catches, 265 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 19atColgateL 7–⁠202250––1
Sep 26vs.YaleW 38–⁠251160––3
Oct 3atGeorgetownW 35–⁠145860––1
Oct 10vs.HarvardL 29–⁠415460––1
Oct 17vs.LehighW 48–⁠385921–––
2025 Cornell 10 games, 31 catches, 312 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 20atUAlbanyL 10–⁠13–––––1
Sep 27atYaleL 24–⁠412210––5
Oct 4vs.ColgateL 21–⁠414560––3
Oct 10atHarvardL 10–⁠34100–––
Oct 18vs.BucknellW 30–⁠203390––2
Oct 25vs.BrownW 30–⁠24321012–
Nov 1vs.PrincetonW 20–⁠171220–––
Nov 8atPennsylvaniaW 39–⁠176411112–
Nov 15atDartmouthL 14–⁠2453401231
Nov 22vs.ColumbiaL 12–⁠296780125–
2024 Cornell 5 games, 14 catches, 238 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 21atColgateL 24–⁠414890–––
Sep 28vs.YaleW 47–⁠235992–––
Oct 5vs.UAlbanyL 10–⁠313120–––
Oct 11vs.HarvardL 20–⁠381180–––
Nov 16vs.DartmouthW 39–⁠221200–––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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