During Russell's four years at the University of Louisville, he played in 50 games where he caught 186 passes for 2,619 receiving yards and 19 touchdowns. His best season was in 2003, where he played in 13 games, catching 75 passes for 1,213 yards and 8 touchdowns.[1]
Russell was selected by the Tampa Buccaneers in the seventh round with the 253rd pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.[2]
Russell made the Buccaneers opening day roster, but never played in a game. He was released on November 19, 2005, and was re-signed to the Bucs' practice squad the next day.[3]
Russell was released on August 29, 2006, after Training Camp.[4]
russell, born, december, 1981, former, american, football, wide, receiver, selected, tampa, buccaneers, seventh, round, 2005, draft, played, college, football, university, louisville, 87position, wide, receiverpersonal, informationborn, 1981, december, 1981, t. J R Russell born December 5 1981 is a former American football wide receiver He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft He played College football at the University of Louisville J R RussellNo 87Position Wide receiverPersonal informationBorn 1981 12 05 December 5 1981 age 42 Tampa Florida U S Height 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m Weight 204 lb 93 kg Career informationHigh school Gaither Tampa Florida College LouisvilleNFL draft 2005 Round 7 Pick 253Career historyTampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 Orlando Predators 2007 Career Arena statisticsReceptions 16Receiving yards 174Receiving touchdowns 2Player stats at ArenaFan com Contents 1 College career 1 1 College statistics 2 Professional career 2 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 2 Orlando Predators 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksCollege career editDuring Russell s four years at the University of Louisville he played in 50 games where he caught 186 passes for 2 619 receiving yards and 19 touchdowns His best season was in 2003 where he played in 13 games catching 75 passes for 1 213 yards and 8 touchdowns 1 College statistics edit Season GP Receiving Rushing Rec Yds Avg TD Att Yds Avg TD 2001 12 14 151 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 2002 13 24 287 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 2003 13 75 1 213 16 2 8 0 0 0 0 2004 12 73 968 13 3 7 0 0 0 0 Career 50 186 2 619 14 1 19 0 0 0 0Professional career editTampa Bay Buccaneers edit Russell was selected by the Tampa Buccaneers in the seventh round with the 253rd pick in the 2005 NFL Draft 2 Russell made the Buccaneers opening day roster but never played in a game He was released on November 19 2005 and was re signed to the Bucs practice squad the next day 3 Russell was released on August 29 2006 after Training Camp 4 Orlando Predators edit Russell signed with the Orlando Predators on April 12 2007 3 Personal life editCurrently resides in Tampa with his 3 children and wife Theresa Russell goes by the nickname Sneed He was given this nickname by a family friend when he was younger References edit J R Russell College Stats College Football at Sports Reference com Retrieved December 24 2022 2005 NFL Draft Listing Pro Football Reference com Retrieved May 7 2023 a b Preds add former Buc JR Russell OurSports Central April 12 2007 Retrieved December 24 2022 Buccaneers com NewsExternal links editBuccaneers player page NFL player page Career statistics and player information from CBS Sports nbsp This biographical article relating to an American football wide receiver born in the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This University of Louisville related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J R Russell amp oldid 1223905942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
