Safety, UTEP, 2023–⁠25

Lantz Russell

Number
No. 22
Height
6′3″
Weight
210 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Riverside, CA

Lantz Russell played safety at UTEP (2023–⁠25).

Career highs

12tackles, career highvs. Sam Houston, 2024

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2023UTEP2000000
2024UTEP54314.52220
2025UTEP271211030
Career83435.53250

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2023UTEP22SSo.
2024UTEP22SJr.
2025UTEP22SSr.6′3″210

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

2025 UTEP 10 games, 27 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30atUtah StateL 16–⁠28300001
Sep 6vs.UT MartinW 42–⁠17110000
Sep 13atTexasL 10–⁠27210000
Sep 27vs.Louisiana TechL 11–⁠30220001
Oct 8vs.LibertyL 8–⁠19521100
Oct 15vs.Sam HoustonW 35–⁠17100000
Nov 8vs.Jacksonville StateL 27–⁠30420001
Nov 15atMissouri StateL 24–⁠38530000
Nov 22vs.New Mexico StateL 31–⁠34110000
Nov 29atDelawareL 31–⁠61300000
2024 UTEP 10 games, 54 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31atNebraskaL 7–⁠40210000
Sep 7vs.Southern UtahL 24–⁠27110001
Sep 14atLibertyL 10–⁠28110000
Sep 21atColorado StateL 17–⁠27221100
Oct 3vs.Sam HoustonL 21–⁠4112100000
Oct 10atWestern KentuckyL 17–⁠441182010
Oct 16vs.Florida InternationalW 30–⁠21941.5110
Nov 9vs.Kennesaw StateW 43–⁠35100000
Nov 23atTennesseeL 0–⁠56740001
Nov 30atNew Mexico StateW 42–⁠35800000
2023 UTEP 2 games, 2 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 16atArizonaL 10–⁠31100000
Sep 29vs.Louisiana TechL 10–⁠24100000

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

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