William Russ: P · Texas · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Texas’s specialists
William Russ
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
42.3 gross, but 22 of 66 inside the 20 (33.3%) — in between — no clean archetype. no clean archetype
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 31
Saturday Down South Oct 25Yahoo Sports Oct 20Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-7vs North Texas | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 51 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-41vs BYU | 8 | 341 | 42.6 | 52 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-20vs No. 12 UCLA | 6 | 303 | 50.5 | 62 | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-0@ Kansas | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 55 | 3 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-28vs No. 7 Baylor | 7 | 307 | 43.9 | 56 | 4 | |
| Wk 7 | L 26-31vs No. 11 Oklahoma | 8 | 316 | 39.5 | 61 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-45vs Iowa State | 6 | 304 | 50.7 | 62 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-23@ No. 11 Kansas State | 7 | 260 | 37.1 | 56 | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-13@ Texas Tech | 6 | 266 | 44.3 | 58 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 33-16vs No. 24 West Virginia | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-48vs No. 6 TCU | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 50 | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 2795 | 42.3 | 62 | 22 |
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
33%22 of 66Touchback rate
5%3 of 66Yards / punt
42.366 puntsLong
62yards42.3 yards/punt on 66 punts · 33% placed inside the 20 · 3 touchbacks.
Texas carries two punters; Russ has taken 66 of the 87.
How it ended
One season at Texas — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2010–2014
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
