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
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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
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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.
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- 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%)
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.
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