{{Short description|American football player (born 1956)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Oudious Lee | number = 74, 71, 65<ref name="Pfa"/> | position = Nose tackle | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|6|14}} | birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 253 | high_school = South (Omaha) | college = Nebraska (1976–1979) | undraftedyear = 1980 | pastteams = * Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1980}})* * St. Louis Cardinals (1980) * Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|1982}})* * Boston/New Orleans Breakers ({{USFL Year|1983}}–{{USFL Year|1984}}) * Denver Gold (1984) | pfr = L/LeexOu20 }}
'''Oudious Lee, Jr.''' (born June 14, 1956) is an American former professional football nose tackle who played one season with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
==Early life and college== Oudious Lee, Jr. was born on June 14, 1956, in Omaha, Nebraska.<ref name="Pfa">{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/players/l/lee005800.html | title=Oudious Lee | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=12 May 2025}}</ref> He attended Omaha South High School in Omaha.<ref name="Pfa"/>
Lee was a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers of University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1976 to 1979 and a three-year letterman from 1977 to 1979.<ref name="Pfa"/>
==Professional career== Lee signed with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) on May 5, 1980, after going undrafted in the 1980 NFL draft.<ref name="transactions"/> He was released on August 26, 1980.<ref name="transactions"/>
Lee signed with the St. Louis Cardinals on December 17, 1980, and played in one game during the 1980 season.<ref name="transactions"/><ref name="Pfr">{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LeexOu20.htm | title=Oudious Lee | publisher=Pro Football Reference | accessdate=12 May 2025}}</ref> Lee was later released on August 25, 1981.<ref name="transactions"/>
Lee was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals on May 1, 1982.<ref name="transactions"/> He was released on September 6, 1982.<ref name="transactions"/>
Lee signed with the Boston Breakers of the United States Football League (USFL) on February 10, 1983.<ref name="transactions">{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/l/lee005800.html | title=Oudious Lee Transactions | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=12 May 2025}}</ref> He played in all 18 games, starting four, for the Breakers during the 1983 USFL season and posted four sacks.<ref name="Pfa"/>
On March 15, 1984, Lee was traded to the Denver Gold for an undisclosed draft pick.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer/172245432/ | title=Breakers trade Lee to Gold, sign Baylis | work=The Plain Dealer | date=March 16, 1984 | agency=Associated Press | accessdate=12 May 2025 | pages=7C}}</ref>
==Personal life== Lee's son, Malcolm Lee, played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://omaha.com/sports/college/article_63303af2-4718-5a8b-bfe0-509ae862a17a.html | title=Former Husker Oudious Lee tells son Malcolm, a budding star at Iowa Western, to blaze own trail in college | work=Omaha World-Herald | date=October 4, 2018 | accessdate=12 May 2025 | author=White, Kevin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://kuathletics.com/sports/football/roster/malcolm-lee/2175 | title=Malcolm Lee | publisher=University of Kansas | accessdate=12 May 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=leeoud001 Stats Crew profile]
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