Russ Yeast
Role Player⭐ Shooting Star · 2023
Height5'10"
Weight195 lb
BornMay 8, 1999
Age27
ConferenceBig Twelve
Rookie yr2022
Draft2022 · Rd 7, Pick 253 · LA
A defensive back who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.
Combined Season Grid
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2022 | — | LA | 9 | — | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 113 | 19.1% | 207 | 52.2% | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 111.9 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | — | LA | 16 | — | 55 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 802 | 70.7% | 75 | 22.1% | 41 | 28 | 0.7 | 115.7 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | — | HOU | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 158.3 | 44.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | — | CAR | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 21 | 17.0% | 39 | 38.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 30 | — | 70 | 43 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 936 | 35.6% | 321 | 37.6% | 49 | 35 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | — | |
Defense
Snap Counts
Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 37 · Depth / RotationalA depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 37 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 2 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
48
Sustained
career value
×.6
47
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.79
Longevity
career length
Blend 47.6 × longevity 0.79 = KV-H 37· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 48
On-field 32.1
Availability 15.9
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
2022bestavg 472023
Per-Snap Impact
Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+25
Rotational
SIS
Disruption/1000.641Snap share35.6%Def snaps936Emerging
Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Postseason Career
1 playoff gameDefense
Tkl5Solo4Ast1
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Kansas State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.
Reference Graph
Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Top Teammates
Jordan FullerSAF3yMatthew StaffordQB2yAaron DonaldDL2yRob HavensteinOT2yA'Shawn RobinsonDT2yTyler HigbeeTE2yCooper KuppWR2yJonah WilliamsDE2yNick ScottSAF2yTroy HillCB2yColeman SheltonC2yDiontae JohnsonWR2yErnest JonesLB2yChristian RozeboomLB2yBen SkowronekWR2yJoe NoteboomOT2yMichael HoechtLB2yTutu AtwellWR2yCobie DurantCB2yLarrell MurchisonDT2yJacob HummelLB2yAlaric JacksonOT2yBobby Brown IIIDT2yKyren WilliamsRB2y
2022 Draft Class· this player went #253
#243Jaylen WatsonCB#244Christian MatthewCB#245Andrew StueberOT#247Skylar ThompsonQB#249Rasheed WalkerOT#250Brittain BrownRB#251Isiah PachecoRB#252Jeffrey GunterDE#254Elijah HicksSAF#255Trenton GillP#256Jesse LuketaLB#257Marquis HayesOL#258Samori ToureWR#259Nazeeh JohnsonCB#260Zander HorvathRB#261A.J. ArcuriOT
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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2024team change
Joined CAR (from LA)
- 2024final season
Last recorded season with CAR
- 2022draft
Drafted by LA — Round 7, Pick 253
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts5'10" / 195 lb
Frame
Injury History
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LA | 0 | W2Questionable· Knee |
Knox
StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →
Historical Knox · KV-H
Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 2-season peers. See all →
37
peak 47
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C2022
C+2023
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.
71%
20222024
2024 · cause not documented · 24%
Era Translator
INT translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.
| Season | Actual INT | INT/G | → 2025 INT | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #253 (Rd 7) · LA · 2022 · +16.4 vs expected KV-H
37actual
20.6 expected · Δ+16.4
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