2019 Football Roster
Riley Lees
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 201
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Libertyville, Ill.
- High School:
- Libertyville
2020: Started and brought in three receptions for 28 yards during NU's 43-3 victory over Maryland (10/24)...Made another start at Iowa (10/31)...Caught a touchdown vs. Nebraska (11/7)...Became first Northwestern receiver to score a touchdown in four straight years since Dan Vitale (2012-15)...Registered two receptions for 21 yards including a season-long 16-yarder at Purdue (11/14)...Completed a 36-yard pass to Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman against Wisconsin (11/21), the longest passing play for Northwestern through five games...Recorded one reception vs. the Badgers, extending his team-high receptions streak to 14 games...Registered a season-high 59 yards at Michigan State (11/28)...Completed a pass for second straight game to quarterback Andrew Marty against the Spartans...Hauled in an 8-yard touchdown reception in Citrus Bowl vs. Auburn (1/1/21)...Set a season-high five receptions for 57 yards against the Tigers...2021 NFF Hampshire Honor Society (maintained a 3.2 cumulative GPA throughout career).
2019: Started in all 12 games as a junior, catching 51 passes for a team-high 430 yards and two scores ... Registered five catches for a career-high 59 yards at Wisconsin (9/28) ... Caught a career-high seven passes for 48 yards while adding a 50-yard kick return against Nebraska (10/5) ... Recorded five catches for 36 yards at Indiana (11/2).
2018: Appeared in 14 games as a sophomore and caught 22 passes for 214 yards and three touchdowns … Also handled punt returning duties for the majority of the season while taking secondary kickoff return duties with Kyric McGowan … Hauled in two passes in the season opener against Purdue for 14 yards (8/30) … Registered one catch for a season-long 29 yards at Rutgers (10/20) … Caught a 27-yard pass for his first touchdown of the season against Notre Dame (11/3) … Tied for his career high with four catches for 48 yards at Minnesota (11/17) … Caught his second touchdown of the season against Illinois (11/24) … Broke off a career-long 18-yard rush against Ohio State (12/1) … Scored two touchdowns, a 4-yard rush and an 8-yard reception, against No. 17 Utah in the Holiday Bowl.
2017: Debuted by appearing in all 13 games as the Wildcats' primary return specialist and a backup wide receiver ... Hauled in two passes for 35 yards and his first career touchdown in the ’Cats' season opener versus Nevada ... Had two more catches for 31 yards and a touchdown in week two at Duke ... Hade a season-high 49 receiving yards at No. 10 Wisconsin ... Caught a season-high four passes for 48 yards in the Wildcats' triple-overtime win over No. 16 Michigan St. ... Had a season-high 70 kick return yards at Maryland ... Ran back a season-long 36-yard kick return at Nebraska ... Had a season-long 39-yard punt return versus Purdue ... Finished the regular season with 537 all-purpose yards.
2016: Redshirted his freshman season.
High School: Earned a three-star rating from 247Sports, which ranked him as the No. 18 player in the state of Illinois ... Two-time team captain led the Wildcats to the Class 7A state semifinal as a junior and to the 7A title game as a senior in 2015 ... Totaled 4,437 yards and 68 touchdowns on the ground, 2,989 yards and 38 touchdowns through the air and 750 receiving yards and three touchdown catches, along with a kick return touchdown, in his Libertyville career ... Two-time Daily Herald Player of the Year ... Chicago Tribune First Team All-State ... Two-time Daily Herald/Chicago Tribune All-Area ... Two-time IHSFA All-State ... Two-time Libertyville MVP ... Two-time North Suburban Conference (NSC) All-Conference ... Also played baseball for the Wildcats ... Honor roll student.
Personal: Born Riley James Lees in Libertyville, Illinois ... Parents Ed and Lisa Lees ... Brother Sean was a running back at Wofford College ... Major is learning & organizational change.
