2002 Football Roster
Roster
Darrell Lee
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 256
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kirkwood, Mo.
- High School:
- Kirkwood
Signed a free agent contract with the Dallas Cowboys in 2004...
CAREER: Played in 45 games, with 15 starts, for 1,267 plays and also played in the 2001 Sugar Bowl...Registered 109 tackles and eight sacks in his career ...
2003: Played in 13 games and started every game except at South Carolina...Led the defensive line unit with 55 tackles, also had four TFLs, four sacks, two fumble recoveries and a pass deflection...Surpassed three-year career total in tackles his senior season...Topped all defensive linemen with 707 plays on the season...Tied for the team lead with a pair of fumble recoveries...Led the defensive line with five tackles, including three solo stops, and ranked second on the line with 58 plays against Miami...Finished with a sack, a fumble recovery and five tackles against Tennessee...Led the defensive line with five tackles and one pass deflection at Arkansas...Had four solo tackles, a TFL, a fumble recovery and a sack against Florida A&M...Named a UF captain in the season opener aginst San Jose State as well as Kentucky.
2002: Named Most Improved on Defense after the 2003 Spring drills...A prominent member of the defensive end rotation... Saw action in nine games for 232 plays at defensive end...Suffered a hairline fracture to his shoulder blade in practice on Sept. 4 and missed the Ohio, Miami, Tennessee and Kentucky games...His 208 plays rank fourth among defensive ends...Totaled 22 tackles with 12 "Big Plays" (one sack, two TBL, eight forced hurries, one forced fumble)...One of 14 defensive players have registered a sack...Had four tackles and six "Big Plays" vs. UAB including a sack, a TBL, a forced fumble and three forced hurries...Returned to the lineup vs. Ole Miss after injury and recorded two tackles and a quarterback hurry...Tied career-high with six tackles vs. LSU and also had career-high two forced hurries...Registered five tackles, including one tackle for loss against Vanderbilt...
2001: Played a top role at defensive end and also saw some duty at defensive tackle...Played in all 11 regular season games with three starts (South Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee) for 230 plays...21 tackles (11 solo) with 12 "Big Plays" (two sacks, six FHs, , two TBL, two pass deflections) on the season...Ten "Big Plays" ranked fifth among defensive line unit...Two QB sacks ranked fourth among defensive linemen...In first career start vs. South Carolina had three tackles...Suffered a broken wrist versus Florida State and missed the Orange Bowl...
2000: A backup at defensive end as a true freshman...Played in all 12 regular season games for 98 snaps...Also played in the Sugar Bowl...11 tackles and five "Big Plays" (one QB sack (-2), one FH, one TBL and two PD) on the season...Totaled six tackles, deflected two passes and recorded one sack vs. Middle Tennessee...
PREP: Considered one of the nation's elite prep defensive players in 1999...A consensus All-America choice...A first-team USA Today All-America selection as a defensive end...Gatorade Player of the Year selection for Missouri...A Parade All-America selection...SuperPrep named him the Defensive Player of the Year for the Midlands, among the nation's top 15 players overall and ranked him as one of the top three defensive linemen in the nation...Prep Football Report selected him among the top three players in the nation overall and the top defensive player...Named to PrepStar's All-America Dream Team and that publication named him among the nation's top four defensive linemen...Named to Rivals.com network All-America Team and that network ranked him among the nation's top three linebackers...A National Bluechips All-America selection and that publication ranked him among the top three strongside linebacker prospects in the nation...101 tackles in '99 with 26 tackles for loss (12 QB sacks)...18 QB sacks as a junior and his 49 career sacks established a school record...High school coach was Mike Wade...
MAJOR: Commercial Recreation
| CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| year | ut-at | tt | tbl | qbs | ff | fr | pd | int |
| 2000 | 5-6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11-10 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8-14 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 31-24 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 55-54 | 109 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
CAREER HIGHS:
Total Tackles: 6 (four times, last Georgia, 2003)
QB Sacks: 1 (seven times, last FSU, 2003)
Forced Fumbles: 1 (UAB, 2002)
