Russ Yeast: DB · Louisville · #2.
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Russ Yeast
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Louisville. The first career honor came in 2021: All-Big 12. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Oklahoma — Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 10 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 1.5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisville | 47 | 37 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 |
| 2020 | Louisville | 45 | 31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | Louisville | 61 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | Louisville | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Louisville | 23 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 183 | 125 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 19 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-7vs Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-23vs Southern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-17vs Nevada | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-31@ Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-37vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 20-33vs Iowa State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-24@ Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-12vs TCU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-10@ Kansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-17vs West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-20vs No. 11 Baylor | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-22@ Texas | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 43 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
21%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL47 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 10 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
46.5%
556 pass / 640 run
Plays / game
99.7
12 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 321 FBS cornerbacks by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2021 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #3 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kansas State, 183 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #253 overall by the Los Angeles Rams.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Bobby Petrino, Scott Satterfield and Chris Klieman.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles RamsEntering 5th NFL season
Los Angeles RamsEntering 5th NFL season
