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Vanderbilt Hustler — Tyson Russell: Writing the Storybook
As a Senior (2024)
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Played in all 13 games and made a pair of starts
• Made 20 total tackles, including at least one in 11 of 13 games
• Recorded three tackles in Birmingham Bowl win over Georgia Tech
• Notched a tackle for loss at Georgia State
As a Junior (2023)
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Grabbed first career interception and recorded two tackles, including one for loss, at South Carolina
As a Sophomore (2022)
• Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Played in 11 games, making 33 tackles
• Added 0.5 tackle for loss and a pass break-up
• Made at least one tackle in 10 of 11 games played
• Had a season-best six tackles against Northern Illinois and Georgia
• Recorded 6 tackles in win at Hawai’i
As a Freshman (2021)
• 15 tackles in eight games
• Broke up two passes
• Made a season-best four total tackles against Mississippi State
• Named to SEC First-Year Honor Roll
The Russell File
• Lettered three years at St. Thomas Aquinas under coach Roger Harriott
• Consensus three-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com
• Helped the Raiders to an 8-1 mark in 2020 and Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Class 7A state championship
• After a 37-14 victory against Bloomingdale in the semifinals, during which he was the MaxPreps.com Defensive Player of the Game, claimed the state title with a 31-21 triumph over Edgewater
• Program captured the school’s 12th state championship, the most of any Florida high school
• As a junior, booked 18 tackles and intercepted two passes as St. Thomas Aquinas went 15-0 and won a FHSAA 7A state title
• Joins Gunnar Hansen and Quincy Skinner Jr. as Raiders to sign with the Commodores in 2020
• Son of Lysandra and Twan Russell
• Father was a four-year letterman (1993-94-95-96) at the University of Miami, earned all-conference honors as a linebacker in 1996 and was a fifth round NFL Draft pick in 1997 by the Washington Redskins, playing for the Redskins, Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons during professional career
• Has an older sister, Taylor, and a younger sister, Tory
• Graduated in December 2023 with a major in human and organizational development