Russ Yeast

Former defensive back at Louisville. 2021: 4 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

DB · Louisville · Sr. · #2

5′10″ · 195 lb · Greenwood, IN

CFB Index 95 · #3 of 321 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLos Angeles — drafted 2022, Rd 7, Pick 32, #253 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 280 nationally · Signed with Louisville

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Louisville. 2021: 4 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Louisville in 2017.
Transferred from Louisville to Kansas State in 2021.
Drafted round 7 by the Los Angeles in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas State, 183 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #253 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20179 games

Signed with Louisville4-star out of Center Grove

202112 games

Entered the portal
All-Big 12first

2022

Drafted by Los Angelesround 7, pick 253

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#280 national

CFB

College

Louisville

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #253

Los Angeles · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017

Bobby Petrino

Louisville

2018

Lorenzo Ward

Louisville

era →

2019–2021

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bobby Petrino, Lorenzo Ward, and Scott Satterfield. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 5th NFL season

#253Rd 7 · Pick 32

Los AngelesEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Louisville8-5HC: Bobby Petrino · Balanced

2018Louisville2-10HC: Lorenzo Ward · Balanced

2019Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2020Louisville4-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2021Kansas State6-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

95All-America level #3 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: interceptions (97th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#32 / 2743 · 99th pct

Interceptions#14 / 824 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#359 / 2743 · 86th pct

Tackles#679 / 2743 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#1640 / 2743 · 37th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.9	0.1	0.0	1.1
Road4g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.2	0.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 321 FBS cornerbacks by CFB Index Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

95 · #3 of 321 corners

Former four-star. Now #3 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Louisville	47	37	1.5	0.0	10	4	--
2020	Louisville	45	31	0.5	0.0	3	--	--
2019	Louisville	61	38	1.0	0.0	4	1	--
2018	Louisville	7	4	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Louisville	23	15	1.0	0.0	2	--	--
Career		183	125	6.0	1.0	19	5	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-7vs Stanford	3	1	0.5	1	0
Wk 2	W 31-23vs Southern Illinois	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 38-17vs Nevada	4	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 20-31@ Oklahoma State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 31-37vs Oklahoma	8	7	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 7	L 20-33vs Iowa State	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 25-24@ Texas Tech	2	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 9	W 31-12vs TCU	2	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	W 35-10@ Kansas	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 34-17vs West Virginia	4	3	0.0	1	3
Wk 12	L 10-20vs Baylor	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 17-22@ Texas	4	3	1.0	—	1
Total		43	35	1.5	3	10

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

Russ Yeast

20179 games

202112 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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