Russell Maryland
| Russell Maryland | |
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Position (s): Defensive tackle |
Jersey numbers: 67, 97 |
| born on March 22, 1969 in Chicago , Illinois | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1991 - 2000 | |
| NFL Draft : 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st | |
| College : University of Miami | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Sacks | 24.5 |
| INT | 1 |
| Safeties | 1 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame | |
James Russell Maryland (* 22. March 1969 in Chicago , Illinois ) is a former American American football poker players in the NFL . He played defensive tackle and nose tackle with the Dallas Cowboys, among others .
college
Maryland played football for the University of Miami after receiving his basic education in a high school in his hometown. In 1991 he won the Cotton Bowl . His team played against the University of Texas and won 46-3. Maryland played outstandingly - 29 tackles , 3 sacks and a caused fumble were on its credit side. His speed was exceptional for a player of his body mass (124 kg) with 4.9 seconds on a sprint distance of 40 yards . The NFL scouts quickly became aware of him.
professional
In 1991 he was signed first in the first round in the 1991 NFL Draft by the Cowboys. Maryland should have gone to the New England Patriots . Dallas reacted quickly and traded the draft pick.
The Cowboys had been bought by Jerry Jones three years earlier . After Tom Landry was fired , he hired Jimmy Johnson as the new coach . Both succeeded in gradually strengthening the team with young, success-hungry players. As rookies , or committed by other clubs, the passport recipient Alvin Harper , the halfback Emmitt Smith , the fullback Daryl Johnston , the quarterback Troy Aikman or the offensive tackle Erik Williams were among others . In addition, wide receiver Michael Irvin, who has been playing with the Cowboy since 1988, managed to overcome a cruciate ligament rupture . Together with Mark Tuinei , Jim Jeffcoat, who had been playing with the Cowboys for a long time , and Chad Hennings and Darren Woodson , who were signed up in 1992, the defense formed a bulwark. Maryland became a key player. The Cowboys became the dominant football team of the 1990s.
Maryland won with the Cowboys twice the US American championship in professional football - the Super Bowl - in the 1992/93 Super Bowl XXVII final against the Buffalo Bills with 52:17 and in the 1993/94 Super Bowl XXVIII final again against the team from Buffalo with 30:13.
In 1996 Maryland moved to the Oakland Raiders to end his career with the Green Bay Packers in 2000 . He played 154 times during the regular season in the NFL and missed only five games due to injuries during his ten-year professional career.
Honors
Maryland played in the Pro Bowl once . He won the Outland Trophy , the award for the best college defensive line player of the year. In 2011 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame .
literature
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
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| SURNAME | Maryland, Russell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maryland, Russell James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois, USA |