Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Baylor
Seth Russell
QB • 6'3" • Garland, TX, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Seth Russell is a balanced quarterback profile with 19.9 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a quarterback
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Reliability
95
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Baylor
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Seth Russell built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Garland, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Seth Russell's career was his passing role: 5,461 passing...
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- Committed To
- Baylor
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Seth Russell, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Baylor. Seth Russell is a balanced quarterback profile with 19.9 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 6,701
- Passing yards
- 5,461
- Rushing yards
- 1,240
- Touchdowns
- 80
Featured Highlight
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Seth Russell Baylor Highlights
2016 · Baylor · Player Highlight
Seth Russell college highlights at Baylor.
- Season
- 2016
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Seth Russell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Baylor · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 6,701
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Baylor
- Top game
- West Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Garland · Baylor
- High school pipeline
- Garland · 32 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Class 2016
- 2016 Total offense rank
- 2,632 total offense · QB 68th (top 22%) · Big 12 8th (top 8%) · National 68th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Baylor | 7 | 574 | 427 | 147 | 6 | 43.4 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Baylor | 8 | 989 | 804 | 185 | 11 | 40 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 7 | 2,506 | 2,104 | 402 | 35 | 71.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Baylor | 9 | 2,632 | 2,126 | 506 | 28 | 71.5 |
Related Context
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Seth Russell played QB for Baylor. Across 5 tracked seasons, Seth Russell recorded 5,461 passing yards, 1,240 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Baylor.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Baylor paired 2,632 primary output with 64.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 76.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Baylor
Games
7
Primary Metric / G
358
Efficiency
76.2
Usage
14.7
Consistency
80.6
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. SMU: 435. Lamar: 347. Rice: 304. Texas Tech: 367. Kansas: 252. West Virginia: 540. Iowa State: 261
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 36 by 83.8. Lamar: 36 by 60.3. Rice: 18 by 93.8. Texas Tech: 35 by 78.8. Kansas: 32 by 63.6. West Virginia: 47 by 89.1. Iowa State: 45 by 64.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half363.3 · Games = 4 · +12.3 vs Second Half
Second Half351 · Games = 3 · -12.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
93.8 vs Rice
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/24 | vs Iowa State3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 45-27 | 16 | 37 | 197 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 64.2 | 8 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 37 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs West Virginia300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 62-38 | 20 | 33 | 380 | 60.6 | 5 | 0 | 89.1 | 14 | 160 | 11.40 | 1 | 46 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Kansas3+ TD | W 66-7 | 18 | 27 | 246 | 66.7 | 3 | 0 | 63.6 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 1 | 5 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Texas Tech3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 63-35 | 15 | 23 | 286 | 65.2 | 4 | 1 | 78.8 | 12 | 81 | 6.80 | 2 | 26 |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Rice3+ TD | W 70-17 | 12 | 16 | 277 | 75.0 | 6 | 0 | 93.8 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Lamar300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 66-31 | 23 | 34 | 342 | 67.6 | 4 | 3 | 60.3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 5 |
| Fri 9/4 | @ SMU300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 56-21 | 15 | 30 | 376 | 50.0 | 5 | 1 | 83.8 | 6 | 59 | 9.80 | 1 | 38 |
Player Story
Seth Russell story
Seth Russell built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Garland, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Seth Russell's career was his passing role: 5,461 passing yards, 60 touchdown passes, 606 attempts, and 1,240 rushing yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1,240 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Seth Russell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Baylor
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Baylor | 574 | 68.9 | 7 | 574 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Baylor | 989 | 65.7 | 9.4 | 415 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 2,506 | 76.2 | 14.7 | 1,517 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Baylor | 2,632 | 64.4 | 19.9 | 126 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs West Virginia
Week 7 · W 62-38 · Conference game
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
540
Total Offense
83.8 takeover
540 total offense with 89.1 efficiency.
#2
vs Oklahoma State
Week 4 · W 35-24 · Conference game
452
Total Offense
79.6 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
452 total offense with 78.8 efficiency.
#3
@ Texas
Week 9 · L 34-35 · Conference game
364
Total Offense
72.1 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
364 total offense with 67.2 efficiency.
#4
@ SMU
Week 1 · W 56-21
435
Total Offense
66.8 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
435 total offense with 83.8 efficiency.
#5
vs UL Monroe
Week 4 · W 70-7
148
Total Offense
66.1 takeover
Win with 148 yards of offense and 76.5 efficiency.
148 total offense with 76.5 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Baylor
2,632 primary output · 64.4 efficiency · 19.9 usage
71.5
#2
2015 Regular Season · Baylor
71.2
2,506 primary · 76.2 efficiency · 14.7 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Baylor
43.4
574 primary · 68.9 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
16
3+ TD games
23
Above avg efficiency
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