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CHRIS RUSSELL, CB
6-3, 185, Fr., HS
Nashville, Tenn. (Hillsboro)
AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)—Enters the fall listed second
at strong safety. He figures to work his way into the rotation, especially
in CU’s nickel and dime packages. He had nine tackles and two
passes broken up in the three main spring scrimmages.
2003 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced as a defensive back most of the
fall (both at corner and safety), and saw some spot trials at wide
receiver. He earned the Scout Team Defense Award for the Iowa
State game.
HIGH SCHOOL—He lettered all four years during his high school
career, and as a senior, he earned PrepStar All-American honors,
while Prep Football Report named him to its all-Southeast team.
SuperPrep selected him to its all-Dixie team, as he was tabbed the No.
5 player in Tennessee (and the No. 1 defensive back), with
Rivals.com ranking him the No. 15 defensive back in the country. He
was selected second-team all-Tennessee, while earning first-team allstate
(4A) honors. He also received first-team all-Midstate honors
from the Nashville Tennessean, first-team all-region (11-4A) and
all-city accolades. His junior year, he was once again named to the
all-state, all-Midstate, all-region and all-city first-teams, as he garnered
all-region and all-city honorable mention honors both his
sophomore and freshman seasons. As a senior, he was in on 44
tackles, had four interceptions, 20 pass deflections and three forced
fumbles. On offense he saw some limited, but very valuable time at
receiver, as he caught five passes for 154 yards and three touchdowns.
His junior year, he had 40 total tackles (two for losses), as he
finished with three interceptions and 25 pass break ups. On offense,
he reeled in four catches for 95 yards and one score. During his
sophomore campaign, he totaled 35 tackles (20 solo), adding one
recovered fumble, 18 pass deflections and a career best five interceptions.
He also played sparingly on offense catching three passes
for 40 yards and one touchdown. He started as a freshman and
finished the year with 31 total tackles, four interceptions and 15 pass
break ups. Top career games all came during his senior year: in a
19-13 win over Smyrna, he had a 67-yard touchdown reception that
gave Hillsboro the lead. On defense, he was in on seven tackles, had
eight passes deflections, with the most important coming on
Smyrna’s last-second desperation pass which he tipped to teammate
Joe Sanders for an interception. In a 42-7 win against Antioch,
he had a 58-yard reception for a score, and finished with eight tackles,
one interception and three pass break ups. In the state semifinal
game, he helped lead Hillsboro to a 7-6 victory, as he racked up nine
tackles, six pass deflections and two forced fumbles. Hillsboro
complied an impressive 50-6 record during his career under coach
Ron Aydelott, as it won its region all four years. Hillsboro was 14-1
his senior year (falling short in the state championship game to
Maryville, 29-26), 14-1 his junior season (Maryville won this won, 34-
27, in the state title game), 13-1 his sophomore year (losing in the
state semifinals to Memphis East) and 9-3 his freshman season. He
had one tackle (for a 5-yard loss) in the Tennessee-Kentucky All-Star
game in June of his senior year. He lettered four times in basketball,
as he earned all-region (11-5A) first-team honors at forward as a
junior and senior, the latter when he averaged 22 points, 10
rebounds and five blocks per game. He has lettered once in track,
participating in the 100 meters (10.9) and several relays.
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ACADEMICS—He is a pre-journalism major at Colorado. He is a
Distinguished Scholar (honor roll) member at Hillsboro.
PERSONAL—He was born August 14, 1984 in Nashville, Tenn. His
hobbies include watching movies, cooking and playing video games.
He is an usher at his church and a member of his school’s “100
Scholars” program which helps with Habitat for Humanity and several
area food drives. He has known prep teammate and fellow CU
recruit Joe Sanders since age 11, as well as CU basketball player
David Harrison from Brentwood Academy (also in Nashville) since
1998. A cousin (David Mimms) played receiver and cornerback at
Middle Tennessee State from 1993-95.
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DANIEL SANDERS, OL
6-4, 295, Fr., HS
Vista, Calif. (El Camino)
AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—He is projected as an offensive
lineman in his true freshman year in college, and will likely get a look
at all three OL positions.
HIGH SCHOOL—A three-year letterman who played all three positions
on the offensive line during his prep career. He played both
guard and center as a senior, when he led his team with 112 pancake
blocks, as well as in cut blocks and big hits by an offensive lineman.
He did not allow a quarterback sack, and the only penalty he was
called for was an illegal procedure for rolling the ball over to grab
the laces to snap it. As a junior, he played tackle in starting the five
games he played in, but he missed seven others with a broken bone
in his foot. He played guard as a sophomore, ascending into the
starting lineup for the last three games of the year. Top games his
senior year came in a 31-24 win over Valley Center, when he had 15
pancakes and three touchdown blocks in helping his team rush for
430 yards, and in a 29-28 loss to Carlsbad, when he switched off
between center and guard the entire game in piling up 14 pancakes.
El Camino was 3-7 his senior year, 6-6 his junior season and 7-4 his
sophomore campaign under coach Herb Meyer. He lettered four
times in track, participating in throws (career best of 50-1 in the shot
put and 130-0 in the discus). He was seventh in the CIF meet as a
junior in shot put.
ACADEMICS—He is interested in business management as his major
at Colorado. A two-time member of the San Diego Union-Tribune
All-Academic team as a junior and senior as well as a consistent
member of the honor roll in high school with a 3.21 grade point
average.
PERSONAL—He was born February 3, 1986 in Oceanside, Calif.
Hobbies include playing basketball, working out and going to the
beach. A cousin (Kurt Rubin) played football at Cal-Poly San
Luis Obispo.