Eastern Michigan University Athletics

EMU: Earned his degree from Eastern Michigan in April 2024… 2023: Appeared in 10 games and stared six, including the final six of the season… Helped pave the way for Samson Evans’ 12 rushing touchdowns, the third-most in the MAC… Earned Academic All-MAC honors… 2022: Did not play... COLORADO: 2021: Played in two games... 2020: Played in three games and dressed for four on the season, the final three regular season games and the Alamo Bowl… Played in the final two regular season games at Arizona and against Utah, and in the Alamo Bowl against Texas… Saw action on special teams in those games on the FG/PAT unit... HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN and PrepStar… Ranked the No. 25 center and No. 8 player from Colorado by 247Sports... The 247 Composite listed him as the No. 19 center nationally and No. 7 player out of Colorado… Rivals rates him as the No. 26 offensive guard nationally with a rank of 5.7… Ranked the No. 107 offensive guard, No. 281 player in the region and No. 9 player in Colorado by ESPN… PrepStar named him to its All-Midlands Region team... Played for three seasons at Cherry Creek High School for Dave Logan, compiling a 35-5 record there the last three seasons... Cherry Creek was 14-1 in his career in Metro East league games... Played his freshman season at Grand Junction High School... His senior season he helped Cherry Creek to a perfect 14-0 record and Colorado State Championship, his 50th game of varsity football in his career… The Bruins averaged 186.6 passing yards and 183.1 rushing yards per game, scoring 68 touchdowns on the season… He was a first-team All-Colorado and first-team All-Metro East selection at left tackle as a junior when Cherry Creek was 12-2 and lost in the State Championship Game… Cherry Creek averaged 144.9 yards passing and 145.9 yards rushing per game, attaining over 2,000 yards in both categories... Playing guard as a sophomore, he earned second-team All-Colorado honors and first-team All-Metro East honors, helping Cherry Creek to a 9-3 record and appearance in the state quarterfinals… Cherry Creek averaged 233.7 yards passing and 141.3 yards rushing per game, scoring 62 total touchdowns… He played left tackle and center for Grand Junction as a freshman, earning second-team all-conference honors… Cherry Creek was 2-0 in his career from teams out of state, having played Santa Margarita (Calif.) his junior and senior seasons… In the playoffs his senior season, he helped Cherry Creek cap off an undefeated season by averaging over 30 points per game on offense and rush for an average of 208.3 yards per game with 360.3 yards of offense per game... Also played baseball and basketball in high school... Was on the honor roll in high school and graduated a semester early to join the Buffs for the spring 2020 semester... PERSONAL: Full Name: Carson Nicholas Lee... Son of Shane and Nicole Lee... Has one brother... His dad played football for Wyoming and Mesa State... He is the third generation in his family to win a state championship on an undefeated team as his grandfather won a prep title in Wyoming at Laramie High School in 1968 with an 11-0 record and his father was a starting lineman for the 1988 Grand Junction state championship team that finished 14-0... Working toward a postgraduate degree in Communications.