Will Lee III CB Texas A&M |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report

Scouting Report: Weaknesses

• Does not have the long speed to recover when a receiver gets on top of him on nine routes.
• Zone tape is noticeably worse than his man work. Eyes drift to the quarterback and he loses receivers underneath.
• Avoids coming downhill in the run game. Takes poor angles and gets washed on the perimeter too often.
• Missed tackles became a real issue in his final season. Finishing through contact was cleaner at Kansas State.
• Thin frame at 189 shows up when bigger receivers try to body him through press at the line of scrimmage.
• Grabs when he is late to turn and run. The hand goes to the jersey before he flips his hips.

Scouting Report: Summary

The Combine told two different stories about Lee. The forty confirmed what evaluators suspected: he does not have the long speed to run with true burners down the field. Eighteenth out of 20 corners is hard to spin. But the explosion testing flipped that conversation. A 42-inch vertical and an 11-foot broad jump, both near the top of the cornerback group, show a different athlete than the forty would suggest. The 10-yard split tied for fourth, which lines up with the tape when he clicks and closes on underneath routes.

The profile that comes together is a corner who wins with length, explosion, and technique rather than recovery speed. In man coverage from off or press alignment, Lee can start in the NFL. He reads routes, uses his hands to disrupt timing, and competes at the catch point with the kind of length and leaping ability the Combine confirmed. Where it falls apart is zone coverage and route combination processing, or when a fast receiver stacks him vertically and he has to recover. The run defense needs real work before he can be trusted on early downs.

The ideal scheme keeps him on the boundary in man-heavy or quarters-based coverage, playing from depth and using his eyes and length to close. Red zone press work is where the length and vertical really pay off, because the field compresses and the deep threat disappears. In the right system he can develop into a quality starter. The Combine reinforced both the upside and the limitations, and whoever drafts him needs to be honest about both.