Darron Lee in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Ohio State, 2013–⁠15

Darron Lee

Number
No. 43
Height
6′2″
Hometown
New Albany, OH
Born
Oct 18, 1995, in Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Darron Lee played linebacker at Ohio State (2013–⁠15). The New York Jets took Lee in the first round, No. 20 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2015
Second-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 20
Overall, 2016 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2014Ohio State2
2015Ohio State1
Career3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Ohio State43LB
2014Ohio State43LB
2015Ohio State43LB6′2″

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.

Game by game

2015 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 19vs.Northern IllinoisW 20–⁠131
2014 Ohio State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 4atMarylandW 52–⁠241
Nov 1vs.IllinoisW 55–⁠141

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016
Height6′0¾″
Weight232 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan79¼″W
40-yard dash4.47 s
10-yard split1.55 sW
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump11′1″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.12 s
20-yard shuttle4.20 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 53 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016New York Jets137110
2017New York Jets159030
2018New York Jets127403
2019Kansas City Chiefs123100
2020Buffalo Bills1100
NFL career5326743

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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