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Russ Yeast

Kansas State · Safety · 2021

TKL
47
INT
4
PD
10

Career totals · 1 season with stats

Scouting Report

Yeast was a first-team all-conference pick in 2021.

In 2021, Yeast recorded 47 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 4 interceptions.

Yeast was the No. 253 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 75 overall, the 2nd-highest safety rating at Kansas State since 1990 and No. 43 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2021
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2022
    • No. 253 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Russ Yeast season-by-season statistics at Kansas State
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
2021471.5104

Seasons with tracked stats at Kansas State. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Kansas State Teammates

  1. 88Deuce Vaughn2020-22RB
  2. 83Felix Anudike-Uzomah2020-22EDGE
  3. 75DJ Giddens2022-24RB
  4. 75Wyatt Hubert2018-20EDGE
  5. 74Brendan Mott2020-24EDGE
  6. 74Ben Sinnott2021-23TE
  7. 74Jacob Parrish2022-24CB
  8. 72Malik Knowles2018-22WR
  9. 72Jayce Brown2023-25WR
  10. 72JuJu Brents2021-22CB

Full Kansas State all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big 12 players

Sources: Wikipedia (Russ Yeast) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.