Linebacker, Temple, 2016–⁠19

Chapelle Russell

Number: No. 3
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 230 lb
Class (2019): Senior
Hometown: Lakewood, NJ
Born: Jan 20, 1997

Chapelle Russell played linebacker at Temple (2016–⁠19). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Russell in round 7, No. 241 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Best season: 72; Tackles, 2019 (Temple, 8–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 241; Round 7, 2020 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

13tackles, career highat South Florida, 2017

Team titles: American champions, 2016

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

10–⁠47–⁠68–⁠58–⁠5

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2016	Temple	25	20	2	1	2	0
2017	Temple	70	45	4	0.5	1	0
2018	Temple	70	40	5	1.5	3	0
2019	Temple	72	48	8.5	0	3	2
Career		237	153	19.5	3	9	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2016	Temple	3	LB	Fr.
2017	Temple	3	LB	So.
2018	Temple	3	LB	Jr.
2019	Temple	3	LB	Sr.	6′1″	230

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2019 Temple 13 games, 72 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Aug 31	vs.Bucknell	W 56–⁠12	2	2	1	0
Sep 14	vs.Maryland	W 20–⁠17	3	2	0	0
Sep 21	atBuffalo	L 22–⁠38	9	5	1	0
Sep 28	vs.Georgia Tech	W 24–⁠2	2	2	0	0
Oct 3	atEast Carolina	W 27–⁠17	3	1	0	1
Oct 12	vs.Memphis	W 30–⁠28	7	4	0.5	0
Oct 19	atSMU	L 21–⁠45	8	6	1	0
Oct 26	vs.UCF	L 21–⁠63	5	5	1	0
Nov 7	atSouth Florida	W 17–⁠7	2	2	0	0
Nov 16	vs.Tulane	W 29–⁠21	5	4	0	0
Nov 23	atCincinnati	L 13–⁠15	11	4	2	2
Nov 30	vs.UConn	W 49–⁠17	6	5	1	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.North Carolina	L 13–⁠55	9	6	1	0

2018 Temple 13 games, 70 tackles, 1.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 1	vs.Villanova	L 17–⁠19	10	6	0	0	0
Sep 8	vs.Buffalo	L 29–⁠36	5	4	1	0	0
Sep 15	atMaryland	W 35–⁠14	3	3	0	0	0
Sep 20	vs.Tulsa	W 31–⁠17	8	2	1.5	0	0
Sep 29	atBoston College	L 35–⁠45	6	2	1	1	0
Oct 6	vs.East Carolina	W 49–⁠6	3	2	0	0	1
Oct 13	atNavy	W 24–⁠17	4	2	0	0	1
Oct 20	vs.Cincinnati	W 24–⁠17	7	4	0	0	0
Nov 1	atUCF	L 40–⁠52	8	3	0	0	1
Nov 10	atHouston	W 59–⁠49	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 17	vs.South Florida	W 27–⁠17	4	4	0	0	0
Nov 24	atUConn	W 57–⁠7	6	3	0.5	0.5	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Duke	L 27–⁠56	5	4	1	0	0

2017 Temple 9 games, 70 tackles, 0.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	atNotre Dame	L 16–⁠49	5	3	0	0	0
Sep 9	vs.Villanova	W 16–⁠13	10	6	1	0	0
Sep 15	vs.Massachusetts	W 29–⁠21	6	3	0	0	0
Sep 21	atSouth Florida	L 7–⁠43	13	9	1.5	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Houston	L 13–⁠20	3	1	0	0	0
Oct 7	atEast Carolina	W 34–⁠10	4	3	0	0	1
Oct 14	vs.UConn	L 24–⁠28	12	9	0.5	0.5	0
Oct 21	atArmy	L 28–⁠31	9	4	1	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Navy	W 34–⁠26	8	7	0	0	0

2016 Temple 9 games, 25 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.Army	L 13–⁠28	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 10	vs.Stony Brook	W 38–⁠0	3	2	0	0	0
Sep 24	vs.Charlotte	W 48–⁠20	4	3	0	0	1
Oct 1	vs.SMU	W 45–⁠20	7	7	2	1	1
Oct 6	atMemphis	L 27–⁠34	5	5	0	0	0
Oct 15	atUCF	W 26–⁠25	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 21	vs.South Florida	W 46–⁠30	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 29	vs.Cincinnati	W 34–⁠13	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 4	atUConn	W 21–⁠0	1	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2020
Height	6′2″
Weight	236 lb
Arm length	32⅜″
Hand size	10″
40-yard dash	4.69 s
10-yard split	1.56 s^W
Vertical jump	35″
Broad jump	10′1″
Bench press	21 reps
3-cone drill	7.38 s
20-yard shuttle	4.41 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 8 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2021	Jacksonville Jaguars	8	17	0	0

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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