Daylen Russell
Louisville Cardinals
73
Average

Daylen Russell

Louisville CardinalsSolid
NTDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Miami
2nd String / Backup

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Daylen Russell is listed 2nd string at NT for Louisville Cardinals.

Redshirt sophomore · #90 · 6'3", 300 lbs

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Depth at NT · Louisville Cardinals

  1. 19585Joshua DonaldStarter
  2. 29073Daylen RussellYou
  3. 39365Bailey Abercrombie

Louisville Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Miami Columbus, ranked #1,291 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 6 tackles, 1 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 73 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,291 NatlTeam Share1%
Miami, FL
Jersey
#90
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
300 lbs
Transfer
Miami

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—610

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8586
National Rank
#1291
High School
Miami Columbus
Hometown
Miami, FL

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 45th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.99 for competition level) put them -3 vs unit starters → 73.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 45% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 9WFSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 44-20

Oct 3LNCSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-28

Sep 26LWAKETKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-27

Sep 19WSMUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-31

Sep 11WVILLTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-13

Sep 6LMISSTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-38

Daylen Russell's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

6 tkl · 1 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement8%
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