Kai Russell
Kennesaw State Owls
69
DepthProjected Starter
Is Kai Russell starting?
Kai Russell is the projected starter at RUSH for Kennesaw State Owls.
Redshirt senior · #31
See full Kennesaw State Owls depth chart ›Depth at RUSH · Kennesaw State Owls
- 13169Kai RussellStarter
- 24653Jeremy Greaves Jr.
- 3853Corey Kelly
- 45647Zay Wilson
Kennesaw State Starting Lineup
- DE
- NT
- DT
- RUSHKai RussellThis player
- WLB
- MLB
- LCB
- SS
- FS
- RCB
- NB
- RES
Top defensive linemen in Conference USA
- Jersey
- #31
- Class
- RS SR/TR
- Transfer
- Wingate
Why this rating?
On a 74-rated defense; 50th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 69 after depth penalty.
Team defense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 for role
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 14LMOSTTKL 1
- TKL
- 1
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 24-21
Sep 26LARSTTKL 4
- TKL
- 4
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
Final L 17-14
Sep 19LTENNTKL 7
- TKL
- 7
- SOLO
- 3
- SACK
- 1
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 2
Final L 42-9
Sep 12LGASTTKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 31-17
Sep 3WWESTKL 4
- TKL
- 4
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 47-0
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14 | LMOST | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | LARST | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 19 | LTENN | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 12 | LGAST | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3 | WWES | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kai Russell's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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