Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-14vs Youngstown State | 5/7 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 1.1 | Season-high 43 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 7-56@ Ohio State | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | |
| Total | 7/9 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
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Anthony Russo
Senior quarterback for Michigan State. 2021: 43 passing yards, 0 INT.
6′4″ · 240 lb · Doylestown, PA
Michigan State 2021 alumnus
The story
4 quarterback for Michigan State. 2021: 43 passing yards, 0 INT.
- Transferred from Temple to Michigan State in 2021.
Anthony Russo
Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 43 pass yds, 10 rush yds against Youngstown State, Week 2, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Michigan State, 6,330 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2021
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coaches2018–2019
Michigan State
Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced
2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced
2020Temple1-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning
2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: completion % (100th percentile). Strength: interceptions (99th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (8)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 21.5 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 3.0 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Michigan State | 7 | 9 | 77.8% | 43 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 117.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Temple | 92 | 135 | 68.1% | 863 | 6.4 | 9 | 6 | 135.0 | 40 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Temple | 246 | 419 | 58.7% | 2,861 | 6.8 | 21 | 12 | 126.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Temple | 198 | 345 | 57.4% | 2,563 | 7.4 | 14 | 14 | 125.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 543 | 908 | 59.8% | 6,330 | 7.0 | 44 | 32 | 127.3 | 40 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Michigan State | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Temple | 21 | 22 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Temple | 35 | -64 | -1.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Temple | 43 | 63 | 1.5 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 102 | 31 | 0.3 | 7 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 2 · Youngstown State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.88Anthony Russo run for 2 yds to the MchSt 40 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Youngstown State · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.63Anthony Russo pass complete to Montorie Foster for 16 yds to the YngSt 48 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Youngstown State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.02Anthony Russo pass complete to Ian Stewart for 8 yds to the MchSt 48
- Week 2 · Youngstown State · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA -0.60Anthony Russo run for 1 yd to the MchSt 38
- Week 12 · Ohio State · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA -0.51Anthony Russo pass complete to Jordon Simmons for a loss of 2 yards to the MchSt 22
- Week 2 · Youngstown State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.46Anthony Russo pass complete to Terry Lockett Jr. for 8 yds to the YngSt 11
- Week 2 · Youngstown State · 1&8 · Q4 · EPA +0.42Anthony Russo run for 7 yds to the YngSt 1
- Week 2 · Youngstown State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.37Anthony Russo pass complete to Terry Lockett Jr. for 6 yds to the MchSt 35
- Week 12 · Ohio State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.09Anthony Russo pass complete to Christian Fitzpatrick for 2 yds to the MchSt 24
- Week 2 · Youngstown State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.08Anthony Russo pass complete to Trenton Gillison for 5 yds to the YngSt 30
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology