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42 Brian Russell - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 210
COLLEGE: San Diego State
NFL EXP: 9th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2009 | HOU | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | JAC | 8 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
CAREER: Eighth-year veteran has played in 120 games with 95 starts…has spent time with Minnesota, Cleveland, Seattle and Jacksonville…spent the 2009-09 seasons with Seattle where he started all 32 games at FS…has started all 16 games five times in his career…career totals include 444 tackles (346 solo), three sacks, 16 interceptions, 40 passes defensed, two FF, three FR and 46 special teams tackles…recorded a career-high nine interceptions and 87 tackles in 2003 with Minnesota.
2009 (Jacksonville 9/1; Houston 3/0): Signed by the Jaguars on on Sept. 8…earned his first start as a Jaguar at Tennessee (11/1)…finished his tenure with the Jaguars with 12 tackles…released by Jacksonville on Nov. 21…signed with the Texans on Nov. 25…was inactive vs. Indianapolis (11/29) and at Jacksonville (12/6)...made his Texans debut on specials teams vs. Seattle (12/13)...played on special teams at St. Louis (12/20)...released by Texans (12/22)...re-signed by Texans (12/29)...made three tackles, one solo, vs. New England (1/3/10).
2008 (Seattle 16/16): Started all 16 games and finished with 69 tackles, three passes defensed and one forced fumble…had season-high eight tackles at the New York Giants (10/5)…finished with six tackles in four different games…had seven tackles vs. Arizona (11/6).
2007 (Seattle 16/16): Signed with Seattle as an unrestricted free agent…started all 16 games and both postseason games at FS…finished with 64 tackles, one interception, six passes defensed and one FR…tied career-high with 10 tackles on 10/14 vs. NO…tied career-high with two interceptions on 1/1 vs. BAL.
2006 (Cleveland 12/12): Started all 12 games played…registered 51 tackles, one interception, six passes defensed and one FF…placed on injured reserve with elbow injury on Dec. 11…posted season-high eight tackles in season-opener on 9/10 vs. NO along with a FF…recorded 15th career interception on 11/26 vs. Cincinnati.
2005 (Cleveland 16/16): Joined Cleveland as a restricted free agent…started all 16 games for the third consecutive season and had 78 tackles, three INTs, four passes defensed and five special teams tackles…finished with nine tackles on 9/11 vs. Cincinnati…posted season-high 10 tackles on 10/23 vs. Detroit…tied career-high with two interceptions on 1/1 vs. BAL.
2004 (Minnesota 16/16): Started all 16 regular season games and two postseason games…ranked third on the club with a career-high 111 tackles (74 solo)…added one interception, eight passes defensed, one forced fumble, one FR and five special teams tackles…notched season-high nine tackles on 10/31 vs. New York Giants and again on 11/28 vs. Jacksonville…started first career postseason game on 1/9 at GB in NFC Wild Card Playoff game and intercepted Brett Favre…made start on 1/16 at PHI in NFC Divisional Playoff game and totaled seven tackles and one forced fumble.
2003 (Minnesota 16/16): Started all 16 games and finished with 95 tackles and career-high nine interceptions along with nine passes defensed and one fumble recovery…nine interceptions tied for the NFL lead…started the season with an interception in each of the first six games…added 15 special teams tackles…tallied season-high 10 tackles along with an interception on 9/21 at Detroit…registered first career sack on 11/16 at OAK … Matched season-high with 10 tackles and one interception on 11/30 at St. Louis…recorded career-high two interceptions on 12/20/03 vs. KC and tied a Vikings' record with three takeaways in one game by posting his first career FR.
2002 (Minnesota 16/2): Played in all 16 games and made two starts…made 16 tackles and one interception…added 15 special teams tackles…made NFL debut against Chicago (9/8)…made first NFL start vs. Chicago (10/27) and recorded first career interception and added one tackle.
At San Diego St. was named All-Mountain West honorable mention as a senior DB … Played in six games at FS and five at CB and ranked fourth on the team with 68 tackles (41 solo), one INT and two FR … Made transition from QB to DB midway through his junior season … Played in eight games and finished with 20 tackles after starting the season at QB … Completed 19 of 42 passes for 215 yards and two TDs … Named team's offensive captain at the beginning of sophomore season and took over at QB in the first quarter of the second game of the season at USC because of injury … Finished with five rushing TDs and completed 55 of 84 passes for 663 yards with two TDs … Redshirted as a freshman after transferring from Penn in 1997 … Was first freshman to start at QB for Penn in 1996 … Played in 10 games with two starts and finished with 27 of 43 passing for 320 yards with four TDs … Majored in kinesiology.
Originally signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2001...waived by Minnesota on Sept. 2, 2001...signed to Vikings' practice squad on Sept. 4, 2001...re-signed by Vikings on May 4, 2004...signed by the Cleveland Browns on April 9, 2005...signed with the Seattle Seahawks on March 9, 2007...released by Seahawks on Sept. 5, 2009...signed by Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 8, 2009...released by Jaguars on Nov. 21, 2009...signed by Texans on Nov. 25, 2009...released by Texans on Dec. 23, 2009...signed by Texans on Dec. 30, 2009.
Attended Bishop Amat High (West Covina, Calif.) … Led school to 1995 CIF Division I Championship … Father, Paul, is football coach at Mt. San Antonio Junior College … Wife, Leslie, is a track athlete who competed in the 2004 Olympic trials final in the javelin … Attended classes in 2005 at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania as part of the NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial program … Resides in West Covina, Calif.
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