Defensive back, Ohio State, 2005–⁠09

Anderson Russell

Number
No. 21
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Atlanta, GA
Born
May 30, 1987, in Atlanta, Georgia

Anderson Russell played defensive back at Ohio State (2005–⁠09).

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2006*Ohio State1
2008*Ohio State2
2009*Ohio State3
Career6

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
20064881610100
20071338256373051
20081338296700233
20091331184920.5331
On file11580195103.56115

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2006Ohio State21DB
2007Ohio State21DB
2008Ohio State21DB
2009Ohio State21DB6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Ohio State 2 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 3atIndianaW 33–⁠141
Nov 14vs.IowaW 27–⁠242
2008 Ohio State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 6vs.OhioW 26–⁠141
Jan 5 ✦vs.TexasL 21–⁠241
2006 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 16vs.CincinnatiW 37–⁠71

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

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