Quarterback, Baylor, 2012–⁠16

Seth Russell

Lettered 2013–⁠16 (school media guide)

Number
No. 17
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Garland, TX
Born
Jan 27, 1994, in Dallas, Texas

Wikipedia readers: about 244 a month over the past year

Seth Russell played quarterback at Baylor (2012–⁠16).

At a glance

Best season
2,126
Passing yards, 2016 (Baylor, 7–⁠6)
Best game
438 yards
Vs. Northwestern State, week 2, 2014: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week

Career highs

438passing yards, career highvs. Northwestern State, 20146touchdown passes, career highvs. Rice, 2015160rushing yards, career highvs. West Virginia, 20152rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. TCU, 2016

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2013 and 2014

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2013Baylor264360.54279.933
2014Baylor488556.58049.581
2015Baylor11920059.52,10410.5296
2016Baylor15227854.72,1267.6208
Career34560656.95,4619.06018

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Baylor241476.1340
2014Baylor321855.8331
2015Baylor494028.2646
2016Baylor945065.4850
Career1991,2406.22050

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Baylor17QB
2013Baylor17QB
2014Baylor17QB
2015Baylor17QB
2016Baylor17QB6′3″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Baylor550.40––21.811%––
2014Baylor1160.60––69.516%0.30–
2015Baylor2490.6799th (n=151)0.24167.843%0.680.43
2016Baylor3720.3581st (n=152)0.25130.748%0.340.40

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Baylor 9 games, 2,126 passing yards, 20 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.Northwestern StateW 55–⁠71420163400
Sep 10vs.SMUW 40–⁠1326472612243
Sep 16atRiceW 38–⁠1022383373138
Sep 24vs.Oklahoma StateW 35–⁠2418283874165
Oct 1atIowa StateW 45–⁠4212221781088
Oct 15vs.KansasW 49–⁠79221442068
Oct 29atTexasL 34–⁠35142822621138
Nov 5vs.TCUL 22–⁠62224228211−4
Nov 12atOklahomaL 24–⁠4515311481270
2015 Baylor 7 games, 2,104 passing yards, 29 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4atSMUW 56–⁠2115303765159
Sep 12vs.LamarW 66–⁠312334342435
Sep 26vs.RiceW 70–⁠1712162776027
Oct 3vs.Texas TechW 63–⁠3515232864181
Oct 10atKansasW 66–⁠71827246306
Oct 17vs.West VirginiaW 62–⁠38203338050160
Oct 24vs.Iowa StateW 45–⁠2716371972164
2014 Baylor 8 games, 804 passing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.SMUW 45–⁠013231241146
Sep 6vs.Northwestern StateW 70–⁠61625438509
Sep 12atBuffaloW 63–⁠2123641018
Sep 27atIowa StateW 49–⁠2826210044
Oct 18atWest VirginiaL 27–⁠4101000–
Nov 1vs.KansasW 60–⁠1469660025
Nov 8atOklahomaW 48–⁠141190014
Nov 29vs.Texas TechW 48–⁠46817821029
2013 Baylor 7 games, 427 passing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.WoffordW 69–⁠34499107
Sep 7vs.BuffaloW 70–⁠13691141018
Sep 21vs.UL MonroeW 70–⁠7791191129
Oct 5vs.West VirginiaW 73–⁠423849026
Oct 19vs.Iowa StateW 71–⁠757390043
Oct 26atKansasW 59–⁠141670015
Nov 16vs.Texas TechW 63–⁠34–––––29

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′2⅝″
Weight213 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9⅝″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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