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2021 Football Roster

60 Tyler Russell

  • Position Long-Snapper
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 199
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Niceville, Fla.
  • Previous School Univ. of Southern Mississippi

Biography

2021 (Spring): Saw action in all seven games in the spring on special teams . . . had one tackle against VMI.

2019 (Junior): Saw no game action . . . participated with the Bulldogs’ scout team. 

Previous College: Spent three seasons as a backup at Southern Mississippi. 

High School: Prepped at Niceville High School in Florida . . . as a senior, helped his team to District 3-6A crown . . . threw for 1,247 yards and 15 touchdowns with four interceptions . . . rushed for 84 yards and two scores on 33 carries . . . first Niceville player to win the 2016 Taylor Haugen Award, an annual scholarship given to a student-athlete in the four-county, Florida Panhandle swath that honors the former Niceville student who died after taking a hit during a junior varsity football game.

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 60

    2019Senior

    Long-Snapper
    6'1" 210 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2020-21Graduate Student

    Long-Snapper
    6'1" 210 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2021Graduate Student

    Long-Snapper
    6'1" 199 lbs
    60