Alonzo Russell (American football player)

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Alonzo Russell
Winnipeg Blue Bombers - No.
Wide receiver
Date of birth: September 29, 1992
Place of birth: Washington, DC
Height: 1.93 m Weight: 94 kg
NFL debut
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career
College : Toledo
Not drafted in 2016
 Teams:
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2018 season
Games played     1
Statistics at NFL.com

Alonzo Jermey Russell (born September 29, 1992 in Washington, DC ) is an American American football and Canadian football player. He plays on the wide receiver position of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He previously worked for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL) and the St. Louis BattleHawks in the XFL .

college

After Russell was not allowed to play in 2011 due to a low SAT score from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), he attended Milford Academy to improve academically. The following year he enrolled at the University of Toledo , where he played for the Toledo Rockets . In his first season he was able to catch 56 passes and achieve 960 yards of space and 5 touchdowns . In his sophomore year with the Rockets, he caught 59 passes for 728 yards and 6 touchdowns. In the 2014 season he made 51 passes for 770 yards of space and 8 touchdowns. In his last season for the Rockets he was able to achieve 618 yards of space and 5 touchdowns after 36 passes caught. While a decline in performance in the final year of college is considered common, Russell's decline in performance was considered unusually large. Still, he was invited to the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl .

NFL

Alonzo Russell was the only Rockets player to be invited to the NFL Combine . Among other things, he was able to jump 2.84 meters wide and 75 centimeters high from a standing position and master the 20-yard shuttle in 4.33 seconds. In the 40-yard sprint he was able to achieve a time of 4.54 seconds, a value that Russell exceeded with 4.47 seconds on the Pro Day of the Rockets. After the Combine, he took part in trial training with the Green Bay Packers , New England Patriots and Dallas Cowboys .

After Russel was not selected in the 2016 NFL Draft , the Cincinnati Bengals signed him on May 1, 2016 . On September 2, 2016, he was able to achieve his first touchdown in the NFL in the 10:13 preseason defeat against the Indianapolis Colts . On September 3, 2016, he was released from the Bengals, but only one day later he was re-enlisted for the Bengels Practice Squad . There he spent the rest of the season. On January 2, 2017, he signed a Reserve / Future contract with the Bengals for the 2017 season . On September 2, 2017, Russell was fired as part of the squad downsizing to 53 players.

On November 22, 2017, the Arizona Cardinals signed Russell to their Practice Squad. On May 14, 2018, the New York Giants signed Russell. As part of the final squad reduction to 53 players before the start of the regular season , he was dismissed. The following day, however, he was signed up for the Practice Squad. On December 29, 2018, he was promoted to the active squad. After initially surviving the squad downsizing to 53 players before the start of the 2019 regular season, he was released a day later.

According to the NFL

In the first draft of the re-established XFL , he was selected as the sixth player in the ninth round in the first phase (skill position) of the St. Louis BattleHawks . The season was canceled after five games due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the league stopped playing. In those five games, Russell caught 15 passes for a touchdown and 161 yards. On July 3, 2020, he was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers .

Personal

Russell's sister is WNBA player Avery Warley .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Toledo’s Alonzo Russell goes from sweeping floors to catching touchdowns. October 10, 2013, accessed May 7, 2016 .
  2. ^ A b c NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Alonzo Russell. Retrieved May 8, 2016 .
  3. ↑ 2015 NFL Draft: Jared's Gems - Replacing Percy Harvin. October 23, 2014, accessed May 8, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Can Alonzo Russell Be a Playmaker at the NFL Level? (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 7, 2016 ; accessed on April 23, 2019 (English).
  5. ^ A b Alonzo Russell, a fantasy football work in progress. Retrieved May 8, 2016 .
  6. ↑ 2016 NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL ANNOUNCES NEXT ROUND OF PLAYER COMMITMENTS. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 24, 2017 ; accessed on April 23, 2019 (English).
  7. ^ Rockets, Falcons make an impression at Pro Days. Retrieved May 8, 2016 .
  8. ^ Alonzo Russell works out. Retrieved May 7, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Caleb Carter: Cincinnati Bengals sign Alonzo Russell to free agent contract. May 1, 2016, accessed May 7, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Paul Dehner Jr.: Keith Wenning relishes moment. Cincinnati.com, September 2, 2016, accessed September 2, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Geoff Hobson: Bengals keep 3 rookie WRs, hope Peerman or Jackson can return. Cincinnati Bengals, September 3, 2016, accessed September 3, 2016 .
  12. ^ Jeanna Thomas: Tracking all of the 2016 NFL practice squad signings and waiver claims. SB Nation, September 4, 2016, accessed September 4, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Bengals sign 5 players to futures contracts for 2017. Retrieved on April 23, 2017 (English).
  14. ↑ Cincinnati Bengals cut Jake Elliott, go with veteran kicker Randy Bullock. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
  15. ^ Alonzo Russell: Joins Arizona's practice squad. Retrieved November 25, 2017 .
  16. ↑ The Giants sign six rookie minicamp tryout players on Monday. 247Sports, accessed May 19, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Cuts tracker: NFL teams finalizing 53-player rosters. September 1, 2018, accessed September 1, 2018 .
  18. ^ Giants waive QB Davis Webb, announce practice squad among roster moves. September 3, 2018, accessed on September 2, 2018 .
  19. ^ Giants' Alonzo Russell: Moves to active roster. Retrieved December 29, 2018 .
  20. ^ Giants claim WR Cody Core, OT Eric Smith off waivers. In: giants.com. Retrieved September 3, 2019 (American English).
  21. ^ Christian D'Andrea: 1 player worth watching from each round of the new XFL Draft. In: sbnation.com. SBNation.com, 2019, accessed October 19, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Blue Bombers add two to roster. In: bluebombers.com. 2020, accessed on July 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Russell, Alonzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Russell, Alonzo Jermey (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH 29th September 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC