Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025UTEP
Lantz Russell
S • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Riverside, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Lantz Russell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UTEP
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Player Story
Lantz Russell built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Riverside, CA wearing No. 22, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Lantz Russell's career was his defensive production: 83...
Read the storyLantz Russell, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UTEP. Lantz Russell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 83
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 3
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Lantz Russell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · S
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- Florida International
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · S 223rd (top 40%) · Conference USA 146th (top 27%) · National 1,594th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | UTEP | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTEP | 10 | 54 | 4.5 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTEP | 10 | 27 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 24.5 |
Related Context
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Lantz Russell played S for UTEP. Across 3 tracked seasons, Lantz Russell recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
UTEP paired 10.5 primary output with 33 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.3
Usage
2.5
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 1. UT Martin: 0. Texas: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1. Liberty: 2. Sam Houston: 0. Jacksonville State: 1. Missouri State: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Delaware: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 3 by 22.5. UT Martin: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 18.3. Liberty: 5 by 40.8. Sam Houston: 1 by 4.2. Jacksonville State: 4 by 26.7. Missouri State: 5 by 20.8. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Delaware: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Liberty
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Liberty
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Delaware | L 31-61 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs New Mexico State | L 31-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Missouri State | L 24-38 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Jacksonville State | L 27-30 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | @ Sam Houston | W 35-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/9 | vs LibertySplash game | L 8-19 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/28 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 11-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Texas | L 10-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | vs UT Martin | W 42-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Utah State | L 16-28 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Lantz Russell story
Lantz Russell built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Riverside, CA wearing No. 22, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Lantz Russell's career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with UTEP. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Lantz Russell's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UTEP.
The arc is straightforward: Lantz Russell moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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UTEP
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTEP | 10.5 | 33 | 7 | 10.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTEP | 5 | 16.3 | 2.5 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida International
Week 8 · W 30-21 · Conference game
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
90.8 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Western Kentucky
Week 7 · L 17-44 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 102 Liberty
Week 7 · L 8-19 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Colorado State
Week 4 · L 17-27
2
Havoc Plays
53.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Tennessee
Week 13 · L 0-56
1
Havoc Plays
35.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · UTEP
10.5 primary output · 33 efficiency · 7 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · UTEP
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · UTEP
24.5
5 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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