Last confirmed: Florida International, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 228 lb · Tampa, FL · Tampa Bay Tech
Fred Russ: LB · Florida International · #41.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Fred Russ
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fred Russ has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Florida International. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Tulane — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Florida International | 20 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2016 | Florida International | 17 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2014 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 37 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-61@ UCF | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-37@ Middle Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-10vs Tulane | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 41-30@ Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-7vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-17vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 63-45vs Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 3-28vs Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
20tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups20 tackles · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Davis
Pass share
44.9%
396 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
435 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida International, 37 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ron Turner → Butch Davis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
