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At Stanford: Along with Marcus Hoover, Austin is the most experienced defensive lineman on the team and a three-year letter-winner ... Has started a total of 11 games over the last three seasons ... Recorded 16 career tackles for loss and nine sacks ... Will be counted on in 2001 to be one of the leaders of the Cardinal's defensive front ... Has the ability, speed, quickness and experience to put pressure on the quarterback ... Fifth-year senior.
Coaches' Comments: "Austin is now up to 275 pounds and has really improved his strength. With Marcus Hoover and Austin, we have two experienced defensive ends who have played a lot of football the past three years. We consider that as a strength on the defensive line. Austin will bring a little more athleticism to the position and give us a little more of a pass rush from that spot. He's a senior who has been there, had success, is a leader, and knows what we expect from him both on and off the field. He will be factor for us this season."- defensive ends coach Phil Zacharias
The 2000 Season:Started the first three games of the season at one defensive end position before being used in a reserve role over the final eight games ... Registered 14 total tackles, including four tackles for loss and two quarterback sacks ... Also had three pass deflections ... Starting right end vs. Washington State, San Jose State and Texas ... Posted a season-high three tackles vs. USC ... Had three of his four tackles-for-loss and one quarterback sack in the final four games of the year ... His sack came in game #10 vs. Arizona State ... Had tackles-for-loss vs. Washington State, Washington, Arizona State and California.
The 1999 Season: Began the season as a backup defensive end through the first four games of the year ... Moved into the starting lineup in game #5 vs. San Jose State and continued to impress throughout the '99 campaign ... He finished the season with 27 total tackles, eight tackles-for-loss and five quarterback sacks ... Also had four pass deflections ... In his first game in the starting lineup, Lee had a season-best seven tackles and one sack ... The week before at Arizona, he had two sacks for (-14) yards ... He recorded two tackles-for-loss and one sack vs. Washington ... Had four tackles and one tackle-for-loss vs. Arizona State ... Started a total of seven games.
The 1998 Season: Expected to compete for a starting job at one defensive end spot ... Suffered a knee injury during fall drills which sidelined him through the first part of the season ... He wound up playing in eight games, but his injury forced him to play at less than 100 percent ... In the only game he started - the season finale vs. Cal in The Big Game - he registered three tackles, including three quarterback sacks for (-22) yards and three tackles-for-loss ... He was named winner of the team's Frank Rehm Award as the outstanding lineman in The Big Game.The 1997 Season: Redshirted the season as a backup tight end.
In High School: Gatorade State Player of the Year in Idaho following his senior season ... Named a prep All-American by SuperPrep, Parade and PrepStar, to name a few ... He started at both tight end and defensive line for three years in HS ... SuperPrep named him the 32nd best recruit in the nation and the sixth best recruit in the Midlands region ... He was also named by SuperPrep as the #2 jumbo athlete in the country ... PrepStar ranked him as the seventh best defensive line prospect in the Big-12 region ... Named to the Tacoma News Tribune's Western Top-100 ... First-Team All-League and All-Northern Idaho as a tight end, defensive end and punter as a senior ... He had 12 sacks and 11 receptions his senior season ... Second-Team All-State tight end ... A Schutt Academic All-American ... As a junior, he was First-Team All-Northern Idaho and All-League both ways and Second-Team All-State as a tight end and defensive end ... Had nine sacks as a junior ... He was named First-Team All-State, All-Northern Idaho and All-League as a defensive end and tight end his sophomore season ... Played three years of varsity basketball ... State champion in the shot put his junior year, and also finished fourth in the discus ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal Information: History major.
Lee's Career Statistics
| Year | UT | AT | TT | Sack/Yds | TFL/Yds | Int |
| 1998 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3/22 | 4/24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 5/31 | 8/37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1/6 | 4/11 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 20 | 46 | 9/59 | 16/72 | 0 |