Kayin Lee
Tennessee Volunteers
91
Elite

Kayin Lee

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LCBDefenseEliteTRANSFER · Auburn
Projected Starter

Is Kayin Lee starting?

Kayin Lee is the projected starter at LCB for Tennessee Volunteers.

Senior · #14 · 5'11", 190 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Tennessee Volunteers

  1. 11491Kayin LeeStarter
  2. 2383Tre Poteat III
  3. 33167Joel Wyatt

Tennessee Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the SEC

Ty BenefieldLSU · NBBray HubbardAlabama · FSKJ BoldenGeorgia · SS

Up next for Tennessee

Tennessee plays Kentucky at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 06:15 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 4-star recruit out of Cedar Grove, ranked #147 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 31 tackles, 1 INT, 4 PBU. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 82th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit4★ · #147 NatlTeam Share4%Percentile82th
Ellenwood, GA
Jersey
#14
Class
SR/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
190 lbs
Transfer
Auburn

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—3114

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9386
National Rank
#147
High School
Cedar Grove
Hometown
Ellenwood, GA

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 82th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.92 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 82% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 19% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 17WALATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 26-10

Oct 10WARKTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-17

Oct 3WAUBTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-14

Sep 26LTEXTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final L 20-17

Sep 19WKENNTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-9

Sep 12WGTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-24

Kayin Lee's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Elite
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Team Role

31 tkl · 4 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement44%
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