Former defensive lineman at Mississippi State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′4″ · 285 lb · Jackson, MS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 183 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Mississippi State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
De'Monte Russell
Wins his gap play after play. De'Monte Russell has been at Mississippi State through four head coaches in five seasons. The receipt: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Ole Miss — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Mississippi State, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach, Greg Knox, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (10th percentile).
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 · 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
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #258 at the position.
| 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 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 56–7
1 TOT
Dominant 49-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.
With B. Shapen — 247 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.4 · 44 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · K. Coleman Jr. — 5 rec · 88 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| 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@ Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-41@ Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-34vs 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@ Ole Miss | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 23 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Makius Scott’s 2023 season.
Matches Makius on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Cole Godbout's graduate season at Wyoming (2023).
Matches Cole on
Player DNA