Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Rutgers
Brandon Russell
LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Russell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
54
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Rutgers
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
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- Committed To
- Rutgers
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Brandon Russell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers. Brandon Russell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 27
- TFL
- 1
Quick Answers
Brandon Russell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rutgers · LB
- Career Tackles
- 27
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers
- Top game
- Maryland
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · University School · Rutgers
- High school pipeline
- University School · 29 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 49 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 11 tackles · LB 664th (top 61%) · Big Ten 278th (top 45%) · National 2,578th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rutgers | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rutgers | 4 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.2 |
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Brandon Russell played LB for Rutgers. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Russell recorded 27 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Rutgers.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Rutgers paired 1 primary output with 25.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Rutgers
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
25.6
Usage
4.5
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Maryland
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 0. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 3 by 12.5. Maryland: 12 by 60
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Maryland
Best efficiency game
60 vs Maryland
Career Arc
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Rutgers
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rutgers | 1 | 25.6 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 11.5 | 1.8 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Maryland
Week 13 · L 13-31 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
83.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Penn State
Week 11 · L 6-35 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
15.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Michigan State
Week 13 · L 7-40 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
13.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Penn State
Week 12 · L 0-39 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
9.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Morgan State
Week 3 · W 65-0
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Rutgers
1 primary output · 25.6 efficiency · 4.5 usage
43.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · Rutgers
42.2
0 primary · 11.5 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Rutgers
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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