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41 Fred Russ

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 228
  • Position Linebacker
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • High School Tampa Bay Tech

Biography

2016 (Junior): Appeared in 11 games for the Panthers…Registered 16 total tackles (eight solo) with one tackle for loss and one pass breakup…Tied a career-mark in tackles with four (two solo) at WKU (11/5)…Also notched a 3-yard tackle for loss and a pass breakup versus the Hilltoppers…Recorded two tackles at Charlotte (10/15), marking the third-straight game with multiple tackles….Notched a then-season-high two tackles versus Maryland (9/9)…Made season debut versus Indiana (9/1), marking one tackle.

2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in seven games for the Panthers...Recorded six tackles (two solo)...Registered a career-high four tackles at Marshall (11/14)...Recorded a season-high two tackles versus Charlotte (11/7)...Made season debut at UCF (9/3).

2014 (Freshman): Appeared in six games at linebacker for the Panthers...Registered six tackles, one tackle-for-loss and one forced fumble...Also had one kick return for five yards (vs. Florida Atlantic - 10/2)...Had a career-high two tackles, including one for loss and one forced fumble at UAB (9/27)...Made FIU debut versus Louisville (9/20).

Tampa Bay Tech: Honored as Class 7A Second-Team All-State…made the First-Team FACA All-Western Conference in 2012 and 2013…had six sacks, 109 tackles, three interceptions, four forced fumbles and six fumble recoveries in his senior season…amassed 87 tackles in his junior season…also participated in track and lacrosse at Tampa Bay Tech…member of the National Honor Society at Tampa Bay Tech, where former FIU defensive lineman Greg Hickman and current FIU running back Lamarq Caldwell attended…Participated in the Ron Turner Football Camp in Tampa.

Personal: Parent – Katina Hickman-Lee…siblings – Janelle Butler and Reggi Nelson…Majoring in recreation and sports management.
Career Highs (at FIU)
Tackles: 4, twice (last at WKU - Nov. 5, 2016)
TFL: 1.0, twice (last at WKU - Nov. 5, 2016)
Forced Fumbles: 1 at UAB (Sept. 27, 2014)
Pass Breakups: 1 at WKU (Nov. 5, 2016)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 41

    2014Freshman

    Linebacker
    5'10" 222 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2015Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'0" 228 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2016Junior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 228 lbs
    41