6′1″ · 200 lb · Oklahoma City, OK
Tyquae Russell: DB · Troy · #10.
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Tyquae Russell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Troy secondary. On tape: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Arkansas State, Week 14, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-24@ Boise State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-7vs Alabama State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-24@ New Mexico State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 22-17vs Akron | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ No. 25 LSU | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 8-19vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-10@ Georgia State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-16vs Georgia Southern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21vs Idaho | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-17@ Coastal Carolina | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 62-9vs Texas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 32-25@ Arkansas State | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
 Bowl | W 50-30@ North Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 36 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 5 |
Week 11 · 2017
W 42-17
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 25-point win on the road against Coastal Carolina.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL50 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 5 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Neal Brown, all balanced offenses — 21-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
53.3%
458 pass / 402 run
Plays / game
66.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Troy, 86 tackles — his college career is complete.
