Chapelle Russell: LB · Temple · #3.
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Chapelle Russell
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The four seasons at Temple span four head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Ed Foley and Rod Carey. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Cincinnati — Week 13, 2019.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-12vs Bucknell | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-17vs No. 21 Maryland | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-38@ Buffalo | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-2vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-17@ East Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-28vs No. 23 Memphis | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-45@ No. 19 SMU | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-63vs UCF | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 17-7@ South Florida | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-21vs Tulane | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-15@ No. 17 Cincinnati | 11 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 49-17vs UConn | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-55vs North Carolina | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 72 | 48 | 8.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%8 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups72 tackles · 8.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.3 | 0.5 | 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
Head Coach
Rod Carey
Pass share
50.2%
466 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
71.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
508 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Temple, 237 tackles — drafted at #241 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A stat line in 44 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, and Rod Carey. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 7th NFL season
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 7th NFL season
