De'Monte Russell
De'Monte Russell
Wins his gap play after play. De'Monte Russell has been at Mississippi State through three head coaches in four seasons. The receipt: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Ole Miss — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Greg Knox, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 23 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 24 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 12 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 13 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 72 | 20 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 56–7
vs Eastern Kentucky
1 TOT
Dominant 49-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Makius Scott’s 2023 season.
Matches Makius on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Cole Godbout's graduate season at Wyoming (2023).
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