Chapelle Russell

Former linebacker at Temple. 2019: 72 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Temple · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 230 lb · Lakewood, NJ

Tampa Bay — drafted 2020, Rd 7, Pick 27, #241 overall

The story

Former linebacker at Temple. 2019: 72 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss.

Drafted round 7 by the Tampa Bay in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Temple, 237 tackles — drafted at #241 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 7, pick 241

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Temple

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #241

Tampa Bay · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

4 coaches

2016

Matt Rhule

Temple

2017

Geoff Collins

Temple

era →

2018

Ed Foley

Temple

era →

2019

Rod Carey

Temple

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Ed Foley, and Rod Carey. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 7th NFL season

#241Rd 7 · Pick 27

Tampa BayEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2017Temple7-6HC: Geoff Collins · Balanced

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#159 / 2688 · 94th pct

Tackles for loss#246 / 2688 · 90th pct

8.5

Tackles#268 / 2688 · 90th pct

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Passes defended#534 / 2688 · 76th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.9	0.6	0.0	0.0
Road5g	6.6	0.8	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	0.8	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Temple	72	48	8.5	0.0	3	--	--
2018	Temple	70	40	5.0	1.5	3	--	--
2017	Temple	70	45	4.0	0.5	1	--	--
2016	Temple	25	20	2.0	1.0	2	--	--
Career		237	153	19.5	3.0	9	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 30–28

vs Memphis

7 TOT · 4 SOLO · 0 TFL

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With A. Russo — 224 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.0 · B. Mack — 7 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 56-12vs Bucknell	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 20-17vs Maryland	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 22-38@ Buffalo	9	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-2vs Georgia Tech	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-17@ East Carolina	3	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 30-28vs Memphis	7	4	0.5	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-45@ SMU	8	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 21-63vs UCF	5	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 17-7@ South Florida	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 29-21vs Tulane	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 13-15@ Cincinnati	11	4	2.0	—	2	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 14	W 49-17vs UConn	6	5	1.0	—	0
Bowl	L 13-55vs North Carolina	9	6	1.0	—	0
Total		72	48	8.5	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2020

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays