Will Lee III is a cornerback and 2026 NFL Draft prospect who finished his collegiate career with the Texas A&M Aggies after previous stops at Iowa Western Community College and Kansas State. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Lee attended Kirkwood High School and went unranked coming out of high school, receiving only low-major scholarship offers before electing to attend Iowa Western Community College. At Iowa Western in 2022, he became a full-time starter and helped the Reivers win the NJCAA National Championship, earning NJCAA First Team All-America and first-team all-conference honors. He emerged as the No. 37 overall junior college prospect nationally according to 247Sports and transferred to Kansas State for the 2023 season, starting nine of 11 games, recording 42 tackles, two interceptions, eight passes defended, and a forced fumble while earning Honorable Mention All-Big 12 recognition. He then transferred to Texas A&M as a four-star portal prospect ranked the 13th cornerback in the class, and over two seasons in College Station he became a full-time starter for both. His 2024 season was his statistical peak, earning Second Team All-SEC honors with 42 tackles, a team-leading and nationally prominent 10 pass breakups, and two interceptions. He added 50 tackles, eight pass breakups, and a sack in 2025, finishing his career with 134 total tackles, 24 pass deflections, and four interceptions. He was invited to the 2026 Panini Senior Bowl.
Standing 6-foot-1 and 189 pounds, Lee is known as a legitimate man-coverage technician with excellent length that allows him to contest throws at the catch point and re-route receivers with well-timed press jams, smooth hip transitions that keep him in phase with receivers through their breaks, and a click-and-close ability from off-coverage that was evidenced by his allowing just a 47.2 percent completion rate on targets in 2024. His remarkable rise from unranked high school prospect to All-SEC corner across three different programs is one of the more compelling developmental stories in this draft class, and NFL evaluators project him as an outside cornerback prospect who can contribute in press-heavy man-coverage defensive schemes, with the length, competitiveness, and physical playing style to develop into a reliable starter at the next level.
