Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Texas State
DonTerry Russell
LB • 6'4" • 225 lbs • Jackson, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DonTerry Russell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
76
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Mississippi State • Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Player Story
DonTerry Russell built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jackson, MS wearing No. 15, spending time with Mississippi State and Texas State. The clearest part of DonTerry Russell's career...
Read the storyDonTerry Russell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State. DonTerry Russell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 41
- TFL
- 9.5
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
DonTerry Russell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 41
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Alabama
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · LB 607th (top 48%) · Sun Belt 240th (top 38%) · National 2,188th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 52.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 62.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Texas State | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 51.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas State | 11 | 17 | 4.5 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 51.4 |
Related Context
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DonTerry Russell played LB for Mississippi State and Texas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, DonTerry Russell recorded 41 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 2 primary output with 36.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.4 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Mississippi State, Texas State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
27.4
Usage
7.9
Consistency
37.3
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 4. Western Michigan: 1. Arkansas: 2. Auburn: 0. Kentucky: 0.5. Texas A&M: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 5 by 60.8. Western Michigan: 7 by 39.2. Arkansas: 3 by 32.5. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 1 by 9.2. Texas A&M: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Alabama
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs Alabama
Player Story
DonTerry Russell story
DonTerry Russell built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jackson, MS wearing No. 15, spending time with Mississippi State and Texas State. The clearest part of DonTerry Russell's career was his defensive production: 41 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives DonTerry Russell'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.
- 1
Mississippi State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Texas State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8.5 | 27.4 | 7.9 | 8.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 2 | 36.7 | 11.3 | -6.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Texas State | 10.5 | 16.4 | 4.1 | 8.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas State | 10.5 | 16.4 | 4.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Alabama
Week 5 · L 17-40 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 1 · W 56-7
2
Havoc Plays
77 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 60 Arizona State
Week 3 · L 15-34
2
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 86 Marshall
Week 8 · L 37-40 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 120 Rice
Week 1 · W 41-10 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
2 primary output · 36.7 efficiency · 11.3 usage
62.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State
52.9
8.5 primary · 27.4 efficiency · 7.9 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Texas State
51.4
10.5 primary · 16.4 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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