Player Dossier

2016-2019

Temple

Chapelle Russell

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Lakewood, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chapelle Russell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

95%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Temple

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Temple
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Player Story

Chapelle Russell built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Lakewood, NJ wearing No. 3, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of Chapelle Russell's career was his defensive...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 27
Overall
No. 241
NFL Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Chapelle Russell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Temple. Chapelle Russell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
237
TFL
19.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
9

Quick Answers

Chapelle Russell quick answers

Latest team and position
Temple · LB
Career Tackles
237
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Temple
Top game
Cincinnati
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 7 · Pick 27 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
72 tackles · LB 176th (top 14%) · American Athletic 24th (top 5%) · National 270th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonTemple92521-2023.2
2017 Regular SeasonTemple97040.5-1050.8
2018 PostseasonTemple13510--055.2
2018 Regular SeasonTemple136541.5-3055.2
2019 PostseasonTemple13910--063.8
2019 Regular SeasonTemple13637.5023063.8

Related Context

Chapelle Russell played LB for Temple. Across 4 tracked seasons, Chapelle Russell recorded 237 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Temple.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Temple paired 13.5 primary output with 33.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Postseason · Temple

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

33.4

Usage

8.3

Consistency

52.6

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 1. Bucknell: 1. Maryland: 0. Buffalo: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. East Carolina: 1. Memphis: 0.5. SMU: 1. UCF: 1. South Florida: 0. Tulane: 0. Cincinnati: 5. UConn: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 9 by 47.5. Bucknell: 2 by 18.3. Maryland: 3 by 12.5. Buffalo: 9 by 47.5. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. East Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Memphis: 7 by 34.2. SMU: 8 by 43.3. UCF: 5 by 30.8. South Florida: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 5 by 20.8. Cincinnati: 11 by 95.8. UConn: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.6 · Games = 8 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 5 · +1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Cincinnati

Best efficiency game

95.8 vs Cincinnati

Result
Fri 12/27vs North CarolinaL 13-5596100
Sat 11/30vs UConnSplash gameW 49-1765100
Sun 11/24@ Cincinnati10+ tackles · Splash gameL 13-15114202
Sat 11/16vs TulaneW 29-2154000
Fri 11/8@ South FloridaW 17-722000
Sat 10/26vs UCFL 21-6355100
Sat 10/19@ SMUL 21-4586100
Sat 10/12vs MemphisW 30-28740.5000
Fri 10/4@ East CarolinaW 27-1731001
Sat 9/28vs Georgia TechW 24-222000
Sat 9/21@ BuffaloL 22-3895100
Sat 9/14vs MarylandW 20-1732000
Sat 8/31vs BucknellW 56-1222100

Player Story

Chapelle Russell story

Chapelle Russell built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Lakewood, NJ wearing No. 3, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of Chapelle Russell's career was his defensive production: 237 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 9 passes defended across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Chapelle Russell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Temple

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonTemple517.13.7
2017 Regular SeasonTemple5.538.18.40.5
2018 PostseasonTemple9.529.77.54
2018 Regular SeasonTemple9.529.77.50
2019 PostseasonTemple13.533.48.34
2019 Regular SeasonTemple13.533.48.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Cincinnati

Week 13 · L 13-15 · Conference game

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

98.6 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.

#2

vs SMU

Week 5 · W 45-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

89.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.

#3

@ South Florida

Week 4 · L 7-43 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Boston College

Week 5 · L 35-45

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#5

vs UConn

Week 7 · L 24-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Temple

13.5 primary output · 33.4 efficiency · 8.3 usage

63.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Temple

63.8

13.5 primary · 33.4 efficiency · 8.3 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Temple

55.2

9.5 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 7.5 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

4

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games