#17

Seth Russell

Quarterback for Baylor. 2016: 2,126 passing yards, 20 TD, 8 INT.

QB · Baylor · #17

6′3″ · Garland, TX

Baylor 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 750 nationally · Signed with Baylor

Statement game277 yds · 6 TDvs Rice (FBS) · W 70-17

Top 0.1% passing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 quarterback for Baylor. 2016: 2,126 passing yards, 20 TD, 8 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Baylor, 5,034 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Baylor3-star out of Garland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#750 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014–2015

Art Briles

Baylor

2016

Jim Grobe

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Art Briles → Jim Grobe. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Baylor11-2HC: Art Briles · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Baylor10-3HC: Art Briles · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2016Baylor7-6HC: Jim Grobe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (86th percentile). Strength: rush yards (85th percentile). Concern: completion % (23rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#21 / 167 · 86th pct

Rush yards#25 / 167 · 85th pct

506

Pass TDs#45 / 167 · 72nd pct

Fumbles lost#24 / 163 · 72nd pct

Yards / att#59 / 167 · 63rd pct

7.6

Pass yards#78 / 167 · 54th pct

2126

Interceptions#92 / 167 · 40th pct

Completion %#128 / 167 · 23rd pct

54.7%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	247	2.6	8.1	0.8
Road4g	222	1.8	7.5	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	245	2.7	8.5	0.7
Weeks 8+3g	219	1.3	6.5	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Baylor	152	278	54.7%	2,126	7.6	20	8	136.9	--	--	--
2015	Baylor	119	200	59.5%	2,104	10.5	29	6	189.7	--	--	--
2014	Baylor	48	85	56.5%	804	9.5	8	1	164.6	--	--	--
Career		319	563	56.7%	5,034	8.9	57	15	159.9	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Baylor	94	506	5.4	8	--
2015	Baylor	49	402	8.2	6	--
2014	Baylor	32	185	5.8	3	--
Career		175	1,093	6.2	17	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016

W 35–24

vs Oklahoma State

387 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 92.3 · 65 rush yds (10 car)

With I. Zamora — 8 rec · 175 yds · 2 TD · C. Platt — 3 rec · 114 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 55-7vs Northwestern State	14/20	163	4	0	8.1	68.8	4 TD passes
Wk 2	W 40-13vs SMU	26/47	261	2	2	5.6	48.2
Wk 3	W 38-10@ Rice	22/38	337	3	1	8.9	79.5	3 TD passes
Wk 4	W 35-24vs Oklahoma State	18/28	387	4	1	13.8	92.3	Season-high 387 yds
Wk 5	W 45-42@ Iowa State	12/22	178	1	0	8.1	62.1
Wk 7	W 49-7vs Kansas	9/22	144	2	0	6.5	96.7
Wk 9	L 34-35@ Texas	14/28	226	2	1	8.1	78.6
Wk 10	L 22-62vs TCU	22/42	282	1	1	6.7	30.1
Wk 11	L 24-45@ Oklahoma	15/31	148	1	2	4.8	28.4
Total		152/278	2126	20	8	7.8	65.0

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

Seth Russell

2012

2016 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

Heisman trajectory

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