Shawn Lee Jr. holds the RCB · Backup spot in Pittsburgh Panthers’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Shawn Lee Jr. is a right cornerback for the Pittsburgh Panthers. The Harrisburg, PA native enrolled at Pitt in January 2025 after a postgraduate season at Milford Academy. As a true freshman in 2025, he appeared in 13 games and recorded 31 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, one interception returned for a touchdown, and five pass breakups. He ranked second in the ACC among freshman defensive backs in pass breakups and led all ACC freshman DBs in tackles for loss. Lee was the only ACC freshman to record a pick-six and earned Honorable Mention All-ACC and True Freshman All-American honors.

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