2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 99
Hammond Russell IV
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 312
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Dublin, Ohio
- High School:
- Dublin Coffman
- Has played in 27 career games
2024 (r-Jr.)
- Played in 13 games
- Added depth on the defensive line
- Saw action on 325 defensive plays, including a season-high 39 at Cincinnati
- Finished with 17 tackles, including seven solo stops, three sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss
- Recorded two assisted tackles at Texas Tech
- Assisted two tackles and a TFL against UCF
- Added three tackles and a sack at Arizona
- Finished with two tackles against Iowa State
- Lone tackle at Oklahoma State was a sack
- Recorded a pair of stops against Kansas
- Posted his first sack of the season at Pitt
2023 (r-So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team
- Played in 12 games
- Added depth on the defensive line
- Saw action on 111 defensive plays, including a season-high 18 plays against BYU and North Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl
- Finished with 10 tackles, including four solo stops and assisted on a six-yard sack
- Season-high three tackles at Oklahoma
- Assisted on two tackles against BYU, including a tackle for loss
- Had solo tackles at Baylor, at UCF and at Penn State
- Registered assisted tackles against Pitt and North Carolina
2022 (r-Fr.)
- Did not see game action
- WVU Juice Award: Baylor
2021 (Fr.)
- Redshirted
- Played against LIU and Minnesota
- Season-high 15 snaps against LIU
High School
- Played defensive line for coach Mark Crabtree at Dublin Coffman High
- Earned 2020 All-Ohio Prep Schools Writers’ Association (OPSWA) Division I All-State First Team
- Named to the 2020 MaxPreps Ohio All-State First Team
- Also earned all-district and all-league honors as a senior
- Tallied 52 tackles, including nine tackles for loss, during his senior campaign
- Also registered 1.5 sacks and two interceptions in 2020, while leading Coffman to an 8-1 mark, OCC-Central Division title and appearance in the regional semifinal
- Earned OPSWA All-Ohio Special Mention as a junior, as well as first-team all-district and second-team all-league distinction
- Made 55 tackles with 9.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, six pass breakups and a fumble recovery in 2019
- Led Coffman to a 10-3 record and trip to the regional final as a junior
- Also played basketball
- Rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports
- ESPN rates him as the No. 80 defensive end in the nation and No. 23 prospect in Ohio
- Rated as the No. 32 Ohio prospect by Rivals
- Rated as the No. 51 strong-side defensive end in the country by 247Sports, as well as the No. 33 player in Ohio
- Also offered by Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kentucky, Michigan State, Minnesota, Pitt and Purdue
Personal
- Son of Hammond III and Natasha Russell
- One of six children (3 brothers, 2 sisters)
- Graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport management in May 2025
- Currently pursuing a master's degree in executive sport management
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
TV Highlights: Houston Game
Sunday, November 02
Scotty Fox Jr. | Nov. 1
Saturday, November 01
Diore Hubbard | Nov. 1
Saturday, November 01
Jordan Scruggs | Nov. 1
Saturday, November 01
