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JaMarcus Russell Bio

Courtesy: LSUsports.net (@LSUsports)
Release: 04/30/2007

No. 1 overall pick in 2007 NFL Draft by Oakland Raiders
2007 Sugar Bowl Most Valuable Player
2006 Manning Award winner
2006 First-Team All-SEC (AP, SEC Coaches)
2006 Davey O’Brien Semifinalist
2006 SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30 vs. Mississippi State)
2006 SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 14 vs. Kentucky)
2006 SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 4 vs. Tennessee)
2005 SEC Player of the Year (Columbus Touchdown Club)
2005 SEC Player of the Week (Oct. 8 vs. Vanderbilt)

CAREER
Capped his LSU career by being selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders ... Became only the second football player in school history (joining Billy Cannon in 1960) to be selected with the top pick in the NFL Draft ... Joined Cannon, Shaquille O’Neal (basketball), Ben McDonald (baseball) and Seimone Augustus (women’s basketball) as LSU’s No. 1 overall picks in a professional draft ... One of the top quarterbacks in school history ... Finished ranked among the top five in every career passing category kept at LSU ... Compiled a 25-4 mark as LSU’s starting quarterback ... The 25 wins ties with Warren Rabb as the third-highest total in LSU history ... Ranked second all-time at LSU in career completion percentage (61.9) and career touchdown passes (52) ... Also ranks third in career completions (493) and career passing yards (6,625) and fourth in career attempts (797) ... Is just the fourth player in school history to go over the 6,000 yard mark in total offense (6,704 yards) ... Capped career ranked No. 3 in school history with 6,704 yards of total offense, just one yard shy of tying Jeff Wickersham for second place in school history ... Only the fourth quarterback in LSU history to pass for over 6,000 yards ... Connected with WR Dwayne Bowe on 23 TD passes which ranks the pair as the most prolific pass-catch scoring combo in school history ... Has engineered eight fourth quarter or overtime victories during his career ... Leaves LSU with single-season records in touchdown passes (tied Matt Mauck with 28), completions (232) and completion percentage (67.8) ... Is the only quarterback to lead the Tigers at least 10 wins in back-to-back seasons ... Russell won 10 games as a starter in 2005 and followed that by starting all 11 victories in 2006.