Russ Yeast

Craig Russell Yeast II (born May 8, 1999) is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisville and Kansas State.

College career
Yeast played college football at Louisville from 2017 to 2020 before transferring to Kansas State for the 2021 season.

Professional career
Yeast was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round, 253rd overall, in the 2022 NFL Draft. He played largely on special teams during his rookie season with the Rams. He earned an increased role on defense in the final month, and he made his first NFL start in the Rams' season finale against the Seattle Seahawks on January 8, 2023. Yeast left that game early with a pulmonary contusion that kept him in a hospital overnight in Seattle.

After the offseason departures of Rams safeties Taylor Rapp and Nick Scott, Yeast became the Rams' starting free safety during training camp in 2023.

Personal life
Yeast's father, Craig, was a star receiver at the University of Kentucky before playing professionally in the NFL and the Canadian Football League. Yeast's mother, Tori Tillman Yeast, played basketball at Kentucky. His sister, Kiyah, is a sprinter on the Louisville track team.