Russ Yeast
Craig Russell Yeast II (born May 8, 1999) is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisville and Kansas State.
 Yeast in 2021 | |||
| No. 2 – Los Angeles Rams | |||
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| Position: | Safety | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Born: | May 8, 1999 Danville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school: | Center Grove (Greenwood, Indiana) | ||
| College: | Louisville (2017–2020) Kansas State (2021) | ||
| NFL Draft: | 2022 / Round: 7 / Pick: 253 | ||
| Career history | |||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||
| Career highlights and awards | |||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 1, 2023 | |||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||
College career
Yeast played college football at Louisville from 2017–2020 before transferring to Kansas State for the 2021 season.[1][2]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
192 lb (87 kg) |
31+3⁄4 in (0.81 m) |
9 in (0.23 m) | 4.58 s | 1.59 s | 2.67 s | 4.35 s | 6.82 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | 18 reps | |
| All values from Pro Day[3] | ||||||||||||
Yeast was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round, 253rd overall, in the 2022 NFL Draft.[4]
2022
Yeast played largely on special teams during his rookie season with the Rams. He earned an increased role on defense in the final month, and he made his first NFL start in the Rams' season finale against the Seattle Seahawks on January 8, 2023. Yeast left that game early with a pulmonary contusion that kept him in a hospital overnight in Seattle.[5]
2023
After the offseason departures of Rams safeties Taylor Rapp and Nick Scott, Yeast became the Rams' starting free safety during training camp.
Personal life
Yeast's father, Craig, was a star receiver at the University of Kentucky before playing professionally in the NFL and the CFL. Yeast's mother, Tori Tillman Yeast, played basketball at Kentucky.[6] His sister, Kiyah, is a sprinter on the Louisville track team.[7]
References
- "Russ Yeast College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- Green, Arne (December 30, 2021). "Russ Yeast has been an impact transfer for Kansas State football's defense". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "2022 NFL Draft Scout Russ Yeast College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
- Jackson, Stu (April 30, 2022). "Russ Yeast bringing versatility to Rams secondary". TheRams.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- Barshop, Sarah. "Rams' Russ Yeast hospitalized with chest injury, in stable condition". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- Jones, Steve. "Son of UK legend, Yeast carves own path to UofL". courier-journal.com. Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- University of Louisville. "Kiyah Yeast biography". gocards.com. Retrieved September 29, 2023.