Chris Russell: LB · Texas A&M · #24.
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Chris Russell
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches at Texas A&M: Jimbo Fisher and Elijah Robinson. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1.5 sacks against Auburn — Week 4, 2023.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 2 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
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-10vs New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-3vs UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10vs Auburn | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 34-22vs Arkansas | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-26vs No. 11 Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-20@ No. 19 Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-17vs South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-38@ No. 11 Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-10vs Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-10vs Abilene Christian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-42@ No. 14 LSU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 23-31vs No. 22 Oklahoma State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 19 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups31 tackles · 2 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Elijah Robinson
Pass share
48.3%
423 pass / 453 run
Plays / game
67.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #274 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas A&M, 113 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jimbo Fisher → Elijah Robinson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
