2022 USC Football Roster
Roster
Lee, Shane

Jersey Number 53
Shane Lee
- Position:
- Inside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Burtonsville, Md.
- High School:
- St. Frances Academy / Alabama
Bio
CAREER: In his 4-year career (3 years at Alabama and 1 year at USC), he has made 175 tackles, including 15.5 for losses (with 9.5 sacks), plus 3 INTs (1 of which he ran back for a TD), 3 forced fumbles, 2 pass deflections, a fumble recovery and a QB hurry while appearing in 42 games (with 25 starts).
2023: Lee, a returning Trojan captain, returns to make an impact at inside linebacker as a redshirt senior in 2023.
2022: Lee contributed in 13 games (all but Washington State due to injury) with 12 starts as a senior in 2022. He was named an All-Pac-12 honorable mention. In his first year with the Trojans, he collected up 78 total tackles (second on the team), including 7.5 for loss of 32 yards (with 3.5 sacks) and 1 QB hurry. He also tallied 2 INTs (tied for third on the team) and 1 pass breakup.
He had 8 tackles, including 2 for loss, 1 INT (which he ran back 40 yards for a TD) and 1 pass breakup against Rice. He had 4 tackles, including 1 for loss (with1 sack) at Stanford and tallied 6 tackles against Fresno State. He racked up 12 tackles against Oregon State. He had 5 tackles, including 0.5 for loss (with 0.5 sack) against Arizona State. He had 7 tackles at Utah and 5 tackles, including 1 for loss (with 1 sack) at Arizona. He had 7 tackles, including 1 for loss, against California and 2 tackles against Colorado. He collected 9 tackles and 1 INT at UCLA. He had 4 tackles, including 1 for loss, against Notre Dame, and 6 tackles in the Pac-12 Championship against Utah. He tallied 3 tackles, including 1 for loss (with 1 sack) in the Cotton Bowl against Tulane.
ALABAMA: He appeared in 11 games (all but Miami, Mercer, Florida, Mississippi) as a 2021 junior middle linebacker and special teams performer at Alabama, getting 7 tackles, including 0.5 for loss. He had 2 tackles against Southern Miss, 3 tackles against Mississippi State, a tackle (with 0.5 for loss) versus New Mexico State and 1 tackle against Georgia in the CFP championship game.
As a 2020 sophomore, he appeared in 5 games (Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Arkansas) before being sidelined with a sports hernia injury. He had 3 tackles (with a sack) and a forced fumble. He had a tackle against Mississippi State and a sack and forced fumble versus Arkansas.
He was named to 2019 FWAA Freshman All-American, ESPN.com Freshman All-American and Freshman All-SEC as he had 86 tackles (second on the team), including 6.5 for losses (with 4.5 sacks), plus an interception, a deflection, 2 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery while starting all 13 games. He had 6 tackles at Duke, 5 tackles and a fumble recovery versus New Mexico State, 8 tackles at South Carolina, 5 tackles (with a sack) against Southern Miss, 6 tackles against Mississippi, 8 tackles (with 0.5 sack) at Texas A&M, 6 tackles (with a sack) and a forced fumble against Tennessee, 6 tackles (including 2 for losses, with a sack) against Arkansas, 10 tackles versus Mississippi State, 7 tackles against Western Carolina, 7 tackles at Auburn and 9 tackles (with a sack) and a forced fumble against Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL: He was ranked as the nation’s top inside linebacker by ESPN.com and made MaxPreps All-American second team and Capital-Gazette All-Metro Defensive Player of the Year, Varsity Sports Network Defensive Player of the Yearas a 2018 senior at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore (Md.). He had 61 tackles, including 4.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 3 deflections and a fumble recovery in 2018.
He made 2017 MaxPreps Junior All-American first team and All-Metro as a junior when he had 78 tackles (with 2 sacks), 2 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries. St. Frances went 13-0 and won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship.
As a sophomore in 2016, he attended St. John’s College High in Washington, D.C. Current Trojan Sam Greene also prepped at St. Frances.
PERSONAL: He earned his bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Alabama in December of 2021. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Aging Services Management at USC with a 3.33 GPA. He made the 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll and received Alabama’s 2021 Commitment to Academic Excellence Award.
2023: Lee, a returning Trojan captain, returns to make an impact at inside linebacker as a redshirt senior in 2023.
2022: Lee contributed in 13 games (all but Washington State due to injury) with 12 starts as a senior in 2022. He was named an All-Pac-12 honorable mention. In his first year with the Trojans, he collected up 78 total tackles (second on the team), including 7.5 for loss of 32 yards (with 3.5 sacks) and 1 QB hurry. He also tallied 2 INTs (tied for third on the team) and 1 pass breakup.
He had 8 tackles, including 2 for loss, 1 INT (which he ran back 40 yards for a TD) and 1 pass breakup against Rice. He had 4 tackles, including 1 for loss (with1 sack) at Stanford and tallied 6 tackles against Fresno State. He racked up 12 tackles against Oregon State. He had 5 tackles, including 0.5 for loss (with 0.5 sack) against Arizona State. He had 7 tackles at Utah and 5 tackles, including 1 for loss (with 1 sack) at Arizona. He had 7 tackles, including 1 for loss, against California and 2 tackles against Colorado. He collected 9 tackles and 1 INT at UCLA. He had 4 tackles, including 1 for loss, against Notre Dame, and 6 tackles in the Pac-12 Championship against Utah. He tallied 3 tackles, including 1 for loss (with 1 sack) in the Cotton Bowl against Tulane.
ALABAMA: He appeared in 11 games (all but Miami, Mercer, Florida, Mississippi) as a 2021 junior middle linebacker and special teams performer at Alabama, getting 7 tackles, including 0.5 for loss. He had 2 tackles against Southern Miss, 3 tackles against Mississippi State, a tackle (with 0.5 for loss) versus New Mexico State and 1 tackle against Georgia in the CFP championship game.
As a 2020 sophomore, he appeared in 5 games (Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Arkansas) before being sidelined with a sports hernia injury. He had 3 tackles (with a sack) and a forced fumble. He had a tackle against Mississippi State and a sack and forced fumble versus Arkansas.
He was named to 2019 FWAA Freshman All-American, ESPN.com Freshman All-American and Freshman All-SEC as he had 86 tackles (second on the team), including 6.5 for losses (with 4.5 sacks), plus an interception, a deflection, 2 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery while starting all 13 games. He had 6 tackles at Duke, 5 tackles and a fumble recovery versus New Mexico State, 8 tackles at South Carolina, 5 tackles (with a sack) against Southern Miss, 6 tackles against Mississippi, 8 tackles (with 0.5 sack) at Texas A&M, 6 tackles (with a sack) and a forced fumble against Tennessee, 6 tackles (including 2 for losses, with a sack) against Arkansas, 10 tackles versus Mississippi State, 7 tackles against Western Carolina, 7 tackles at Auburn and 9 tackles (with a sack) and a forced fumble against Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL: He was ranked as the nation’s top inside linebacker by ESPN.com and made MaxPreps All-American second team and Capital-Gazette All-Metro Defensive Player of the Year, Varsity Sports Network Defensive Player of the Yearas a 2018 senior at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore (Md.). He had 61 tackles, including 4.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 3 deflections and a fumble recovery in 2018.
He made 2017 MaxPreps Junior All-American first team and All-Metro as a junior when he had 78 tackles (with 2 sacks), 2 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries. St. Frances went 13-0 and won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship.
As a sophomore in 2016, he attended St. John’s College High in Washington, D.C. Current Trojan Sam Greene also prepped at St. Frances.
PERSONAL: He earned his bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Alabama in December of 2021. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Aging Services Management at USC with a 3.33 GPA. He made the 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll and received Alabama’s 2021 Commitment to Academic Excellence Award.
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