Matt Russell
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Tokyo, Japan
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||
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| Title | Senior personnel executive | ||||||||
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| Born | July 5, 1973 Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | East (Belleville, Illinois, U.S.) | ||||||||
| College | Colorado | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1997: 4th round, 130th overall pick | ||||||||
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Matthew Jason Russell (born July 5, 1973) is an American professional football executive and former player who is a senior personnel executive for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He formerly served as the director of player personnel for the Denver Broncos of the NFL.[1] Russell played as a linebacker in the NFL for a single season. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, earning consensus All-American honors and winning the Butkus Award as the top linebacker in America. He played professionally for the NFL's Detroit Lions from 1997 to 1999.
Russell was born in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He lived in Germany, England and various parts of the United States as a child. He attended Belleville High School-East in Belleville, Illinois,[3] and played for the Belleville East Lancers high school football team.
College career
Russell attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where he started at linebacker for the Colorado Buffaloes football team from 1993 to 1996. He finished his collegiate career ranked first in school history in unassisted tackles (282) and second in total tackles (446).[4] He received all-conference honors during each of his final two seasons with the Buffaloes. As a senior in 1996, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and won the Butkus Award as the nation's best college linebacker after posting a career-high 137 tackles. He was selected as a member of CU's Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2012.