Matt Russell

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Matt Russell
Date of birth: July 5, 1975 (1975-07-05) (age 32)
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Career information
Position(s): Linebacker
College: Colorado
NFL Draft: 1997 / Round: 4 / Pick 130
Organizations
 As player:
1997 Detroit Lions
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Matthew Russell (born 1975) is a former American Football linebacker who played for the Detroit Lions in 1997. Russell played college football at University of Colorado at Boulder, where he won the Butkus Award in 1996.

Preceded by
Kevin Hardy		 Butkus Award Winner
1996		 Succeeded by
Andy Katzenmoyer
v • d • e
Dick Butkus Award winners

1985: B. Bosworth  | 1986: B. Bosworth  | 1987: P. McGowan  | 1988: D. Thomas  | 1989: P. Snow  | 1990: A. Williams  | 1991: E. Anderson  | 1992: M. Jones  | 1993: T. Alberts  | 1994: D. Howard  | 1995: K. Hardy  | 1996: M. Russell  | 1997: A. Katzenmoyer  | 1998: C. Claiborne  | 1999: L. Arrington  | 2000: D. Morgan  | 2001: R. Calmus  | 2002: E. Henderson  | 2003: T. Lehman  | 2004: D. Johnson  | 2005: P. Posluszny  | 2006: P. Willis  | 2007: J. Laurinaitis
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