Troy defensive end Phillip Lee inks with Hogs
Defensive Line | 6-4 | 240 | Jacksonville, Fla. | First Coast HS / Troy
At Troy
2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played in all 12 games with 10 starts, making 31 tackles with 11 tackles for loss, five sacks and a forced fumble … His five sacks led the team and his 11 tackles for loss ranked second on the squad … Recorded at least a half sack in eight different games … Opened the season with four stops, including a half tackle for loss, vs. Nevada (Aug. 31) … Made three tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss at Memphis (Sept. 7) … Lone tackle at Iowa (Sept. 14) was a tackle for loss … Logged his first sack of the season vs. Florida A&M (Sept. 21) … Posted four stops with a tackle for loss vs. ULM (Sept. 28) … Added two tackles vs. Texas State (Oct. 3) and two more, including 1.5 tackles for loss, at South Alabama (Oct. 15) … Forced a fumble and made one tackle at Arkansas State (Oct. 26) … Made five tackles with one sack at Louisiana (Nov. 23) … Saved his best for last in season finale with a season-high seven tackles and career-bests 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks vs. Southern Miss (Nov. 30).
2023 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in eight games before suffering a season-ending injury, finished the season with 15 tackles, three tackles for loss and 1.5 tackles for loss … Made four stops in season-opener vs. Stephen F. Austin (Sept. 2) … Logged two tackles, including a half tackle for loss, vs. James Madison (Sept. 16) … Recorded a half sack vs. Western Kentucky (Sept. 23) … Made a pair of stops at Georgia State (Sept. 30) and two more tackles with a tackle for loss vs. Arkansas State (Oct. 7) … Matched his season-best with four tackles, including a sack, at Army (Oct. 14).
2022 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in all 14 games making seven tackles, including one sack … His 174 special teams snaps were the third-most snaps on the team … Team’s second-highest rated player on special teams (min. 25 snaps) per Pro Football Focus … Logged a season-best three stops, including a sack, vs. Marshall (Sept. 24) … Made one tackle in games against Alabama A&M (Sept. 10), at South Alabama (Oct. 20), at Louisiana (Nov. 5) and ULM (Nov. 19).
2021 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted in his first season at Troy.
HIGH SCHOOL: Finished his career at First Coast High School with 286 tackles (240 solo), 57 sacks, four blocked punts, two blocked field goals and five touchdowns … Earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior and second-team as a junior … Led the Buccaneers to the second round of the Florida 7A Playoffs … Rated as the No. 88 weakside defensive end in the country and as a three-star recruit by 247 Sports Composite … Three-star by Rivals and ESPN … Selected to play in the Georgia vs. Florida All-Star Game … Also played basketball.
PERSONAL: Phillip Jacquan Lee … Born Jan. 24, 2002, in Jacksonville, Fla. … Son of Cytrice King and Phillip Lee
