Vad Lee

Vad Lee

Lee in 2012
James Madison Dukes No. 2
Position Quarterback
Class Junior
Career history
College
High school Hillside
Personal information
Date of birth April 27, 1993
Place of birth Wilson, North Carolina
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 213 lb (97 kg)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at ESPN.com

Lavaedeay Monlique (Vad) Lee (born April 27, 1993) currently plays quarterback for James Madison. Lee went to Hillside High School (Durham, North Carolina). Lee is considered to be a skilled dual-threat, athletic quarterback who redshirted as a true freshman at Georgia Tech. Lee played in several games during his redshirt freshman season in 2012 as a backup to starting Georgia Tech quarterback Tevin Washington, and Lee was the Yellow Jackets' starting quarterback during 2013 season. Lee went to Georgia Tech after a successful prep career in North Carolina. In January 2014, Lee transferred to James Madison University.

High school

Lee earned four varsity letters and served three years as a team captain while playing for Hillside under coach Antonio King. Lee led Hillside to the North Carolina state championship in 2010. Lee's high school career totals include: 5,000 passing yards, 1,960 rushing yards, and Lee was responsible for 85 touchdowns. Lee also played wide receiver as a sophomore, producing 1,124 receiving yards and nine touchdowns.

Lee led Hillside to a perfect 16-0 record in 2010 and won the North Carolina 4A State Championship game 40-0 over Davie County at BB&T field in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Lee threw for 264 yards and three touchdown passes in the state championship game, earning MVP honors. Lee's other high school honors include: the Pac-6 Conference Player of the Year, the AP North Carolina state Player of the Year, first team all-state, and MVP of the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl.[1][2]

College

Lee in 2013

Georgia Tech

Lee was recruited by Georgia Tech as a four-star recruit. He received a redshirt season in 2011. Lee played in several games during 2012 football season as a backup to starting Georgia Tech quarterback Tevin Washington. However, Lee saw only limited playing time until Georgia Tech faced North Carolina on November 10, 2012. Lee entered the game at Kenan Memorial Stadium with Tech trailing North Carolina 14-7 in the first quarter, and he never left. Lee made Georgia Tech's triple option offense unstoppable, helping the Yellow Jackets account for 588 yards of offense in a 68-50 win over North Carolina, the most combined points ever in any Atlantic Coast Conference football game. Lee rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns, and he threw for 169 yards and a touchdown as well.[3] However, coach Paul Johnson continued to start Washington in every football game during 2012 season, and he rotated the two quarterbacks with their playing time depending on performance during games.[4][5][6][7] Lee became the Yellow Jackets' starting quarterback at the beginning of the 2013 football season. Lee announced his decision to transfer to another school at the end of the 2013 football season.[8]

James Madison

In January 2014, Chip Patterson at CBSsports.com reported Lee would transfer to FCS James Madison for the upcoming spring semester.[9] Lee transferred to JMU due to his familiarity with the Dukes' new Head Coach, Everett Withers, who had recruited him from his time at North Carolina.[10]

2014 Season

In his first season with the Dukes, Lee was named the starter at QB and would go on to lead the Dukes to a 9-3 regular season along with a trip to the 2014 FCS playoffs. Along the way, Lee would go onto set JMU's single-game passing, completion percentage, single-season touchdown, passing & total-offense records in addition to being named CAA Offensive Player of the Week three times.[11][12][13] Following a 55-20 JMU victory over rival Richmond on November 15, 2014, Lee was named to the 2014 Walter Payton Award watch list and would ultimately place 4th for that award.[14][15] On December 10, 2014, Vad Lee was named the recipient of the 2014 Dudley Award, which is given to the top Division I football player in Virginia over Old Dominion's Taylor Heinicke & Virginia Tech's Kendall Fuller.[16][17] The following week, Lee was named 2014 Associated Press Third Team FCS All-American.[18]

External images
GT vs. UNC 11/10/12

Statistics

Passing Rushing
Year* (College) Comp Attempts Comp% Yards TDowns Intercep. Attempts Yards TDown
2012 (GT)275648.2%59643965449
2013 (GT)8218045.6%156111101825138
2014 (JMU)28246560.6%34623071838269
Total39170155.7%56194520461188326

Year* 2011 - red shirt

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vad Lee Profile". ramblinwreck.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  2. ↑ "Vad Lee Profile". scout.com. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  3. ↑ Klemko, Robert (2012-11-10). "Georgia Tech, UNC combine for 118 points". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
  4. ↑ Jack Blanchat (2012-11-11). "Georgia Tech Vs. North Carolina: Vad Lee steers Yellow Jackets to win in highest-scoring ACC game ever". sbnation.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  5. ↑ W. E. Warnack (2012-11-14). "Vad Lee is triumphant in homecoming". newsobserver.com. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  6. ↑ Ken Sugiura (2012-11-10). "In return home, Lee incinerates Tar Heels". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  7. ↑ Odum, Charles (2012-11-17). "Washington leads Georgia Tech past Duke, 42-24". ap.org. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  8. ↑ "Statements On Vad Lee's Decision To Transfer". ramblinwreck.com. 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  9. ↑ "Ex-Georgia Tech QB Vad Lee headed to James Madison". cbssports.com. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  10. ↑ "Fresh start: Georgia Tech transfer Vad Lee looks to lead JMU football turnaround". Augusta Free Press. 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  11. ↑ "Vad Lee Named CAA Offensive Player of the Week". JMUsports.com. 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  12. ↑ "Reynolds, #25 JMU Rolls to 55-20 Triumph at #14 Richmond". JMUsports.com. 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  13. ↑ "CAA Football Week 13 Awards". CAAsports.com. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  14. ↑ "Lee, Ricard Added to National Award Watch Lists". CAAsports.com. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
  15. ↑ http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/writers/infcshuddle/archive/haley_12_02_2014.htm
  16. ↑ "JMU's Lee wins Dudley, H-SC's Nance wins Lanier". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  17. ↑ "Lee Named Dudley Award Winner, State's Top Division I Player". JMUSports.com. 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  18. ↑ "Quarterback Vad Lee Named Third Team AP All-American". JMUSports.com. 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-12-19.

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