Linebacker, Colorado, to 1996
Matt Russell
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Matt Russell played linebacker at Colorado (to 1996). He won the 1996 Butkus Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1996. The Detroit Lions took Russell in round 4, No. 130 overall in the 1997 NFL Draft.
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Honors
The teams in those years
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