Russell Farris: LB · Louisiana Tech · #31.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Russell Farris
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Rated a two-star prospect, with two seasons of snaps at Louisiana Tech since. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against UTSA — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | 59 | 27 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | 75 | 43 | 7.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| Career | 134 | 70 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-24vs Northwestern State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-57vs Mississippi State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-22@ Western Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-17@ South Carolina | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-16vs South Alabama | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-23@ UAB | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-48vs Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-21@ UTEP | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-6vs UTSA | 13 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 13 tackles |
 Bowl | W 51-10vs SMU | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 27 | 6.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%6 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups59 tackles · 6 for loss.
2 seasons under Skip Holtz — 16-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Skip Holtz
Pass share
46.0%
419 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
70.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
466 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Louisiana Tech, 134 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Skip Holtz.
