Kai Russell
Kennesaw State Owls
71
AverageProjected Starter
Is Kai Russell starting?
Kai Russell is the projected starter at RUSH for Kennesaw State Owls.
Kai Russell is the projected starting RUSH on a Rebuilding Kennesaw State — 71 OVR.
See full Kennesaw State Owls depth chart ›Depth at RUSH · Kennesaw State Owls
- 13171Kai RussellStarter
- 24654Jeremy Greaves Jr.
- 3854Corey Kelly
- 45648Zay Wilson
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) → 71 after depth penalty.
Team defense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 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
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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