J. R. Russell (born December 5, 1981) is a wide receiver for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (often shortened as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa Florida. He was drafted by the Bucs in the 7th round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of the University of Louisville. The 2005 National Football League Draft took place at the Jacob K The University of Louisville (also known as U of L) is a public University in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. He was re-signed to the Bucs' practice squad on November 30, 2005, and was competing for a spot on the opening day roster, along with former Arizona Cardinals Pro Bowler David Boston and rookie Maurice Stovall from Notre Dame. In sports the scout team, also referred to as a practice team, practice squad or practice roster, is a group of players on a team whose task is to emulate The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL David Boston (born August 19, 1978 in Humble Texas) is a Canadian Football Wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of For the Walt Disney Pictures film about Jim Morris, see The Rookie (2002 movie. Maurice Aurilius Stovall (born February 21, 1985) is an American football Wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who is also one Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States Russell was released on August 29, 2006. [1]
Russell is no stranger to Tampa. Just 9 miles north of the Bucs' home field, Raymond James Stadium, on the very same street, stands Russell's high school alma mater, Gaither High School. Raymond James Stadium is a multi-purpose football stadium located in Tampa Florida. Vivian Gaither High School opened in 1984 and is located on 16200 Dale Mabry Highway in the Greater Northdale area of Hillsborough County Florida. Nicknamed the Cowboys, Russell saw great success come not only on the football field, but on the court as well. It wasn't until weeks before departing for Louisville that he decided to pursue a career on football instead of basketball. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Russell's younger brother, Antonio, a graduate of 2004, also attended Gaither and was a star point guard for the Cowboys, leading them to the regional championship game in 2004 in a losing effort to Lake Region High School of Polk County. Point guard ( PG) also called the one or " the ball-handler " is one of the standard positions in a regulation Basketball game Lake Region High School is a High school located at 1995 Thunder Road Eagle Lake, Florida, 33839 Polk County is a County located in the US state of Florida. As of 2000 the population was 483924