2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

tackles (three solo). Tied career-high with twopicks vs. Baltimore (1/1/06) and added seventackles (two solo).COLLEGE: Made the transition from quarterbackto safety midway through his junior season.Named All-Mountain West honorable mentiondefensive back his senior year. Played insix games at free safety and five at corner andfinished the season fourth on the team with 68tackles (41 solo), one interception and tworecovered fumbles. As a junior, played in eightgames and finished with 20 tackles after startingthe season at quarterback. Completed 19 of42 for 215 yards and two touchdowns on theyear. Made his defensive debut at Utah, contributing10 tackles (four solo). Named team’soffensive captain at the beginning of his sophomoreyear. Took over at quarterback in the firstquarter of the second game of the season atUSC because of injury. Finished with five rushingtouchdowns on the season, the most for aSan Diego State quarterback since 1981. Madehis first start in the third game of the season vs.Arizona. Ran for 51 yards in the Aztecs' first winof the season at Tulsa, the most rushing yardsfrom an Aztec quarterback in 17 years.RUSSELL’S NFL RECORDCompleted 55 of 84 passes for 663 yards,including two touchdowns and an interceptionand a passer rating of 137.3 in his last threegames of the season. Led San Diego State to aLas Vegas Bowl berth vs. North Carolina.Redshirted after transferring from Penn in 1997.In 1996, first freshman to ever start at quarterbackfor Penn. Played in 10 games and startedtwo games. Finished 27 of 43 for 320 yards,adding four touchdowns and four interceptions.PERSONAL: Played quarterback for BishopAmat High in West Covina, Calif. and led schoolto the 1995 CIF Division I Championship. DelRey League Champions in 1993, 1994 and 1995.Named All-Del Rey League and East-West AllStar MVP. Kinesiology major. Father, Paul, is afootball coach at Mt. San Antonio JuniorCollege. Enjoys surfing and basketball. Highschool teammate of defensive back DaylonMcCutcheon. Wife, Leslie, is a track athlete whocompeted in the 2004 Olympic trials final in thejavelin. In 2005 participated in an NFL and NFLPlayers Association three-day executive educationprogram at the Wharton School at theUniversity of Pennsylvania.Tackles Sacks InterceptionsClub G/S Tkl So Ast QB Yds No Yds Avg LG TD PD FF FR Yds2001 Minnesota Practice squad2002 Minnesota 16/2 16 12 4 0.0 0.0 1 18 18.0 18 0 1 0 0 02003 Minnesota 16/16 95 82 13 1.0 0.0 9 185 20.6 50 0 9 0 1 02004 Minnesota 16/16 111 74 37 0.0 0.0 1 41 41.0 41 0 8 1 1 02005 Cleveland 16/16 78 35 43 0.0 0.0 3 50 16.7 37 0 4 0 0 02006 Cleveland 12/12 51 32 19 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 6 0 6 1 0 0NFL TOTALS 76/62 351 235 116 1.0 0.0 15 300 20.0 50 0 28 2 2 0POSTSEASONTackles Sacks InterceptionsClub G/S Tkl So Ast QB Yds No Yds Avg LG TD PD FF FR Yds2004 Minnesota 2/2 10 4 6 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0 0NFL TOTALS 2/2 10 4 6 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0 0RUSSELL’S SINGLE-GAME HIGHSTackles: 11 at Green Bay (11/14/04) FF: 1, 2 Times, Last vs. New Orleans (9/10/06)Sacks: 1.0 at Oakland (11/16/03) FR: 1, 2 Times, Last at Philadelphia (9/20/04)Interceptions: 2, 2 Times, Last vs. Baltimore (1/1/06)ADDITIONAL STATSSpecial Teams Tackles: 2002 (15); 2003 (15); 2004 (5); 2005 (5); 2006 (2); Total: (42).Offensive Statistics: Rushed once for 4 yards.RUSSELL 141