Russ Yeast

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round (253rd overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft...Waived by the Rams on Sept. 14, 2024...Signed to the Carolina Panthers' practice squad on Sept. 18, 2024...Signed to the Panthers' active roster from the practice squad on Sept. 24, 2024...Waived by the Panthers on Oct. 8, 2024...Signed to the Panthers' practice squad on Oct. 10, 2024...Signed to the Panthers' active roster from the practice squad on Oct. 26, 2024...Waived by the Panthers on Oct. 29, 2024...Signed to the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad on Nov. 5, 2024...Released from the Cardinals' practice squad on Nov. 11, 2024...Signed to the Houston Texans practice squad on Nov. 27, 2024

CAREER:

• Played in 35 games (10 starts) between stints with the Rams (2022-23) and Panthers (2024) where he totaled 77 tackles (50 solo), five passes defensed and one tackle for loss

2024 (Los Angeles Rams 1/0, Carolina Panthers 2/0):

• Saw action in three games

2023 (Los Angeles Rams 17/9):

• Played in 17 games (nine starts) and recorded 61 tackles (37 solo) and five passes defensed

2022 (Los Angeles Rams 15/1):

• Saw action in 15 games (one start) and totaled 16 tackles (13 solo) and one tackle for loss

COLLEGE:

• Played four seasons at Louisville (2017-20) before playing his final year at Kansas State University (2021) where he saw action in 58 games (42 starts).
• Started all 13 games at safety in 2021 at Kansas State and registered 48 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, four interceptions and 14 passes defended en route to First-Team All Big 12 honors from the league's coaches. He was a Second Team All-Big 12 honoree by the Associated Press and led the Big 12 in total passes defended, recording at least one in 10 of his 13 games played. He also finished 14th in the nation in second in the Big 12 in interceptions.
• Started all 11 games played and notched 45 tackles (31 solo) and tallied one interception with a return of 21 yards, three passes
  defended and one forced fumble (2020)
• He started all 11 games played and tallied a career-best 61 tackles (38 solo) with one interception, four passes defended, and two forced fumbles (2019)
• Saw action in 11 games and tallied four tackles (all solo) to go along with 1.0 sack as a sophomore in 2018
• Played in 11 contests (six starts) as a freshman in 2017, when he notched 23 tackles (15
  solo) and two passes defended.

PERSONAL:

• Played at Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Ind.
• Rated the third-best player in the state of Indiana for the Class of 2017 by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports
• Viewed as one of the top 250 prospects nationally in the Class of 2017 by Rivals, while the organization rated him the 21st best athlete in the class
• Played in and selected as a captain for the 2017 Under Armour Game, a contest in which he totaled two tackles
• Named the IndyScout Player of the Year
• Earned first team all-state accolades and was the Indiana Player of the Year by USA TODAY Sports
• Named the Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year
• His father, Craig, was a fourth-round pick in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals and played nine seasons in the league (Bengals, Jets).