Brandon Lee is in his first season as Purdue Football's general manager. A former player under Barry Odom, Lee arrived at Purdue after serving as associate athletic director for student-athlete brand strategy and innovation at Mississippi State.
Prior to Mississippi State, Lee spent three years at Missouri as assistant athletics director for Name, Image & Likeness (NIL). He had previous stops at Colorado (Special Projects Assistant and Discovery Officer) and Notre Dame (Director of Student-Athlete Professionalism).
While at his alma mater, Lee was responsible for leading Missouri’s NIL program by working collaboratively with both internal and external constituents to best support student-athletes. He developed relationships, education and programming that helped maximize Missouri’s efforts and student-athlete opportunities in the NIL space.
A native of Indianapolis, Lee is a two-time graduate of Missouri, earning a bachelor's degree in personal finance in 2018 and a master's in business administration in 2020. He served as the SEC's representative on the NCAA Board of Governors Federal and State Legislation NIL Working Group from 2019-20.
A former football student-athlete for the Tigers (2014-18), Lee played in 48 games over his career, racking up 124 tackles. Three of those seasons included playing for Odom, in which he became a starting linebacker. Off the field, Lee served on the SEC Leadership Council and took part in the 2018 NCAA Convention.