Marqise Lee at USC, 2012
Photo: Bobak Ha’Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, USC, 2011–⁠13

Marqise Lee

Number
No. 9
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Inglewood, CA
Born
Jul 21, 1992, in Inglewood, California

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Marqise Lee played receiver at USC (2011–⁠13). He won the 2012 Biletnikoff Award. He finished fourth in the 2012 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2012. The Jacksonville Jaguars took Lee in round 2, No. 39 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,721
Receiving yards, 2012 (USC, 7–⁠6)
Best game
345 yards
At Arizona, week 9, 2012: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in receptions, 2012
Drafted
No. 39
Round 2, 2014 NFL Draft (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Career highs

16catches, career highat Arizona, 2012345receiving yards, career highat Arizona, 20123receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Syracuse, 2012

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011USC731,14315.71159
2012USC1181,72114.61483
2013USC5779113.9480
Career2483,65514.72983

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2011USC102851–––
2012USC308561–––
2013USC1016408460
Career501,30528460

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011USC5336.608
2012USC131068.2038
2013USC671.208
Career241466.1038

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.PosHt
2011USC9WR
2012USC9WR
2013USC9WR6′0″

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
2013USC570.8659th (n=341)0.8149.29%

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

2013 USC 11 games, 57 catches, 791 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29atHawai’iW 30–⁠13810401222
Sep 7vs.Washington StateL 7–⁠1072701123
Sep 14vs.Boston CollegeW 35–⁠72901–––
Sep 21vs.Utah StateW 17–⁠1467201341
Sep 28atArizona StateL 41–⁠6279202312
Oct 19atNotre DameL 10–⁠142180–––
Nov 1atOregon StateW 31–⁠1451051–––
Nov 9atCaliforniaW 62–⁠281130–––
Nov 16vs.StanfordW 20–⁠176830352–
Nov 30vs.UCLAL 14–⁠356690–––
Dec 21 ✦vs.Fresno StateW 45–⁠2071182213–
2012 USC 13 games, 118 catches, 1,721 yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.Hawai’iW 49–⁠101019711100–
Sep 8vs.SyracuseW 42–⁠2911663340–
Sep 15atStanfordL 14–⁠2181000359–
Sep 22vs.CaliforniaW 27–⁠911942241–
Oct 4atUtahW 38–⁠28121921–––
Oct 13atWashingtonW 24–⁠142320124–
Oct 20vs.ColoradoW 50–⁠661031239–
Oct 27atArizonaL 36–⁠391634523123–
Nov 3vs.OregonL 51–⁠621215728251–
Nov 10vs.Arizona StateW 38–⁠17101611–––
Nov 17atUCLAL 28–⁠3891581127–
Nov 24vs.Notre DameL 13–⁠225750498–
Dec 31 ✦vs.Georgia TechL 7–⁠216410254–
2011 USC 12 games, 73 catches, 1,143 yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.MinnesotaW 19–⁠175320–––
Sep 10vs.UtahW 23–⁠142340–––
Sep 17vs.SyracuseW 38–⁠172631–––
Sep 24atArizona StateL 22–⁠434501–––
Oct 1vs.ArizonaW 48–⁠4181441126–
Oct 13atCaliforniaW 30–⁠94811–––
Oct 22atNotre DameW 31–⁠172360–––
Oct 29vs.StanfordL 48–⁠567941–––
Nov 4atColoradoW 42–⁠1791242114–
Nov 12vs.WashingtonW 40–⁠179741188–
Nov 19atOregonW 38–⁠35818716134–
Nov 26vs.UCLAW 50–⁠0132242123–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height5′11¾″
Weight192 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan77⅝″W
40-yard dash4.52 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump38″
Broad jump10′7″
Bench press11 reps
3-cone drill6.96 s
20-yard shuttle4.01 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. 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, 54 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2014Jacksonville Jaguars12374221
2015Jacksonville Jaguars9151911
2016Jacksonville Jaguars16638513
2017Jacksonville Jaguars13567023
2019Jacksonville Jaguars43180
NFL career541742,1848

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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