De'Monte Russell: DL · Mississippi State · #9.
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De'Monte Russell
Wins the gap play after play. Played for four head coaches at Mississippi State: Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach, Greg Knox and Jeff Lebby. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ole Miss — Week 14, 2024.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 23 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 24 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 12 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 13 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 73 | 20 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-7vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-30@ Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-41vs Toledo | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-45vs Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-35@ No. 1 Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-41@ No. 5 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-34vs No. 14 Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-39vs Missouri | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-26@ No. 15 Ole Miss | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 23 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
4%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
9%2 hurries23 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Pass share
46.9%
367 pass / 416 run
Plays / game
65.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.5%
400 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #258 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Mississippi State, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach, Zach Arnett, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
