Tyson Russell

Former cornerback at Vanderbilt. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Vanderbilt · Sr. · #8

5′11″ · 185 lb · Plantation, FL

CFB Index 5 · #325 of 327 cornersLow confidenceVanderbilt 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1344 nationally · Signed with Vanderbilt

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Vanderbilt. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Vanderbilt in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Vanderbilt, 92 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20217 games

Signed with Vanderbilt3-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1344 national

CFB

College

Vanderbilt

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Clark Lea

Vanderbilt

Played his entire career under Clark Lea.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Clark Lea — 16-33 over that span.

2021Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced

2022Vanderbilt5-7HC: Clark Lea · Run-leaning

2023Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

5Below cohort / limited sample #325 of 327?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#1748 / 2892 · 37th pct

Tackles#1983 / 2892 · 30th pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

5 · #325 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #325 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Vanderbilt	20	12	1.0	--	--	--
2023	Vanderbilt	25	17	1.0	2	1	--
2022	Vanderbilt	32	23	0.5	1	--	--
2021	Vanderbilt	15	10	0.0	2	--	--
Career		92	62	2.5	5	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 34-27vs Virginia Tech	2	1	0.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 2	W 55-0vs Alcorn State	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 32-36@ Georgia State	1	1	1.0	—
Wk 4	L 27-30@ Missouri	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 20-13@ Kentucky	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Ball State	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 24-27vs Texas	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 17-7@ Auburn	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 7-28vs South Carolina	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 17-24@ LSU	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 23-36vs Tennessee	1	0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 35-27vs Georgia Tech	3	1	0.0	—
Total		20	12	1.0	—

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

Tyson Russell

20217 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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