Last confirmed: Texas, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Shreveport, LA
William Russ: P · Texas · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Texas’s specialists
William Russ
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
42.3 gross, but 22 of 66 inside the 20 (33.3%) — in between — no clean archetype. no clean archetype
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-7vs North Texas | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 51 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-41vs BYU | 8 | 341 | 42.6 | 52 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-20vs No. 12 UCLA | 6 | 303 | 50.5 | 62 | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-0@ Kansas | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 55 | 3 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-28vs No. 7 Baylor | 7 | 307 | 43.9 | 56 | 4 | |
| Wk 7 | L 26-31@ No. 11 Oklahoma | 8 | 316 | 39.5 | 61 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-45vs Iowa State | 6 | 304 | 50.7 | 62 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-23@ No. 11 Kansas State | 7 | 260 | 37.1 | 56 | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-13@ Texas Tech | 6 | 266 | 44.3 | 58 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 33-16vs No. 24 West Virginia | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-48vs No. 6 TCU | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 50 | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 2795 | 42.3 | 62 | 22 |
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
33%22 of 66Touchback rate
5%3 of 66Yards / punt
42.366 puntsLong
62yards42.3 yards/punt on 66 punts · 33% placed inside the 20 · 3 touchbacks.
Texas carries two punters; Russ has taken 66 of the 87.
How it ended
One season at Texas — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2010–2014
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
