Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Kansas State
Russ Yeast
DB • 5'10" • 195 lbs • Greenwood, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Russ Yeast shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Louisville • Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
Russ Yeast built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Greenwood, IN wearing No. 2, spending time with Kansas State and Louisville. The clearest part of Russ Yeast's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Louisville
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 32
- Overall
- No. 253
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Rams
Russ Yeast, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Kansas State. Russ Yeast shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 183
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 19
Quick Answers
Russ Yeast quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 183
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Kansas State
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Center Grove · Louisville
- High school pipeline
- Katy · 61 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 7 · Pick 32 · Los Angeles Rams
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 47 tackles · DB 159th (top 18%) · Big 12 54th (top 12%) · National 697th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Louisville | 9 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 16.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 16.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 18.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 45 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 28.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | Kansas State | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 57.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 13 | 43 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | 57.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 13 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 57.3 |
Related Context
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Russ Yeast played DB for Louisville and Kansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Russ Yeast recorded 183 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Kansas State paired 15.5 primary output with 27 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 27 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Louisville, Kansas State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Kansas State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
27
Usage
5.3
Consistency
58.2
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 1. Stanford: 1.5. Southern Illinois: 1. Nevada: 1. Oklahoma State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Iowa State: 1. Texas Tech: 1. TCU: 2. Kansas: 0. West Virginia: 4. Baylor: 1. Texas: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 4 by 26.7. Stanford: 3 by 27.5. Southern Illinois: 0 by 10. Nevada: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma State: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma: 8 by 33.3. Iowa State: 5 by 30.8. Texas Tech: 2 by 18.3. TCU: 2 by 28.3. Kansas: 3 by 12.5. West Virginia: 4 by 56.7. Baylor: 5 by 30.8. Texas: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.6 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
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs West Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/5 | vs LSU | W 42-20 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/26 | @ TexasSplash game | L 17-22 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Baylor | L 10-20 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | W 34-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Kansas | W 35-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs TCUSplash game | W 31-12 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Texas Tech | W 25-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Iowa State | L 20-33 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Oklahoma | L 31-37 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Oklahoma State | L 20-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Nevada | W 38-17 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Southern Illinois | W 31-23 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Stanford | W 24-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Russ Yeast story
Russ Yeast built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Greenwood, IN wearing No. 2, spending time with Kansas State and Louisville. The clearest part of Russ Yeast's career was his defensive production: 183 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 5 interceptions across 49 career games in the available record. His career also includes 92 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Russ Yeast's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Louisville
2017-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Kansas State
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820192020202120212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Louisville | 3 | 14 | 2.4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 3 | 14 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 3 | 11.8 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 7 | 29.5 | 5.4 | 4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 5.5 | 22.1 | 5 | -1.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Kansas State | 15.5 | 27 | 5.3 | 10 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 15.5 | 27 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 15.5 | 27 | 5.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kentucky
Week 13 · L 10-56
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs West Virginia
Week 11 · W 34-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Boston College
Week 6 · W 41-39 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Murray State
Week 5 · W 55-10
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Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Florida State
Week 8 · W 48-16 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Kansas State
15.5 primary output · 27 efficiency · 5.3 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · Kansas State
57.3
15.5 primary · 27 efficiency · 5.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Louisville
57.3
15.5 primary · 27 efficiency · 5.3 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
7
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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