Tight end, Eastern Michigan, 2011–⁠14

Tyreese Russell

Lettered 2011 (school media guide)

Number
No. 88
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Chicago, IL

Tyreese Russell played tight end at Eastern Michigan (2011–⁠14).

Career highs

9catches, career highat Rutgers, 2013113receiving yards, career highat Ball State, 20142receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Toledo, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Eastern Michigan56212.4220
2012Eastern Michigan1219616.3341
2013Eastern Michigan4459413.5362
2014Eastern Michigan3347514.4334
Career941,32714.11162

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Eastern Michigan88TE
2012Eastern Michigan88TE
2013Eastern Michigan88TE
2014Eastern Michigan88TE6′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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Eastern Michigan510.7340th (n=341)0.8137.38%
2014Eastern Michigan510.8592nd (n=496)0.5243.27%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Eastern Michigan 11 games, 33 catches, 475 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 6atFloridaL 0–⁠65216013–
Sep 13atOld DominionL 3–⁠171707–
Sep 20atMichigan StateL 14–⁠73438117–
Oct 4atAkronL 6–⁠31121021–
Oct 11vs.BuffaloW 37–⁠27120020–
Oct 18atMassachusettsL 14–⁠363411327
Oct 25vs.Northern IllinoisL 17–⁠28445019–
Nov 1vs.Central MichiganL 7–⁠38359034–
Nov 15atWestern MichiganL 7–⁠51498029–
Nov 22atBall StateL 30–⁠458113123–
Nov 28vs.ToledoL 16–⁠52217011–

No box score in the source for Aug 30 vs. Morgan State, so that game is not listed.

2013 Eastern Michigan 11 games, 44 catches, 594 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.HowardW 34–⁠24228118–
Sep 7atPenn StateL 7–⁠45873018–
Sep 14atRutgersL 10–⁠28984015–
Sep 21vs.Ball StateL 20–⁠51445030–
Oct 5atBuffaloL 14–⁠42455024–
Oct 12atArmyL 25–⁠501505–
Oct 19vs.OhioL 28–⁠56376162–
Oct 26atNorthern IllinoisL 20–⁠59490138–
Nov 2atToledoL 16–⁠55236018–
Nov 9vs.Western MichiganW 35–⁠32476030–
Nov 29atCentral MichiganL 10–⁠42326013–
2012 Eastern Michigan 6 games, 12 catches, 196 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 6vs.Kent StateL 14–⁠41325017–
Oct 13vs.ToledoL 47–⁠52251241–
Oct 27atBowling GreenL 3–⁠24250027–
Nov 1atOhioL 14–⁠45226023–
Nov 10vs.Central MichiganL 31–⁠34221119–
Nov 23vs.Northern IllinoisL 7–⁠49123023–
2011 Eastern Michigan 4 games, 5 catches, 62 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 17atMichiganL 3–⁠311505–
Oct 1vs.AkronW 31–⁠231707–
Nov 5vs.Ball StateL 31–⁠33230216–
Nov 12vs.BuffaloW 30–⁠17120020–

No box score in the source for Nov 25 at Northern Illinois, so that game is not listed.

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2015
Height6′3″
Weight238 lb
40-yard dash4.77 s

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

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