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O-Zone: Post-Practice Updates (Lots of Good Stuff Today)
- Anderson Russell said Brian Rolle and a couple other guys were giving him a hard time for the missed interception that ended up going to Ross Homan. Even Homan said he tried to give Russell two chances to catch it before he snatched it away.

:lol: I wonder how many ints this guy would have if he had, say, Cris Carter's hands :wink:
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Forget Cris, I'd take Dixie Carter's hands at this point!
 
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I also was impressed with the attitude of Anderson Russell. Most of you know Russell, a fifth-year senior, lost his starting job to junior Jermale Hines after the Navy game.

Hines now is nursing an elbow injury, and Russell is back as the starter. I asked him yesterday if it was gratifying for him to be back in the lineup, after all he's been through.

He emphatically shook his head no. He wanted no part of any personal vindication story. He spoke of how the DBs are all tight, nobody feels good about someone else's misfortune, etc and so on.

Russell showed a lot of class and maturity, I thought.
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Odds and ends from Tuesday (Blogging the Buckeyes)
 
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It's a big day for Russell and all of the Buckeye seniors, a pick-6 would be a nice way to finish off his regular season career, for as much as he's fought through. It's nice to see that his hands have improved to the point that this is within the realm of possible :biggrin:
 
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Russell endures, redeems himself
Monday, December 21, 2009
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Unfortunately for Anderson Russell, his successes have been quiet and his failures loud.

As he prepares for his final game at Ohio State, the senior safety has plenty to be proud of: Not every Buckeye starts 35 games, or gets to play in a national championship game.

Considering he suffered a major knee injury in 2006, just getting back on the field could be considered a success. And his play, as a whole, has been solid.

But more often than many other current players, Russell has been caught in the high-profile crosshairs:

First, he gained a reputation as a guy who dropped a number of potential interceptions over the years, several of them easy catches.

Then in the 2009 Fiesta Bowl, he lunged forward and missed the tackle on Texas receiver Quan Cosby, leading to the deciding touchdown in the final seconds.

And in the opener this season against Navy, Russell was beaten on two TD passes, one an 85-yarder.

The last transgression caused OSU coaches to replace Russell with junior Jermale Hines in the starting lineup.

If one of the purposes of college is to prepare young people for the "real world," then Russell is well-prepared.

"It's been a roller-coaster ride, but I wouldn't have it any other way," he said. "Because yeah, it's football, but life is going to be like that, too, so it's something you know you can handle.

"Life is not always going to be smooth sailing. Who knows what's going to happen after Ohio State, but it's something you've experienced and you can handle."
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Russell endures, redeems himself | BuckeyeXtra
 
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Russell, Buckeyes aim to impress at combine
Published: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
By JOHN KAMPF
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COLUMBUS ? With a look of disappointment in his eyes, Anderson Russell put his hands on his hips and sighed.

The former safety for the Ohio State football team, who played his last game with the Buckeyes on Jan. 1 in the Rose Bowl, was one of many OSU players working out with the team?s strength and conditioning coach on Tuesday at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.

And apparently, things weren?t going right for Russell, performing a shuttle drill under the watchful eye of strength and conditioning coach Eric Lichter.

?You can be a 4.15 guy all you want,? barked Lichter, correction Russell?s technique. ?But if you want to be a 4.0 guy, you?ve got to fix that.?

In Russell?s defense, virtually none of the players working out on Tuesday were having much luck with the particular drill, which asked players to run five yards to the right, touch the yard line, run 10 yards to the left and touch the yard line, then run back to the original starting line.

The goal for the drill ? and all the drills Lichter has been putting the former OSU players through - is to prepare the players for what they will experience in the upcoming NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis. From Feb. 24 through March 2, more than 300 players with NFL dreams will run through strength, agility and written tests to best gauge their prospects for April?s NFL draft.

At the combine, players will be timed in various running events, charted through lifting regimens and graded on the Wunderlich test ? a complex exam that supposedly gauges a player?s ability to learn and think quickly.

?(All the tests) are overrated by some, underrated by others,? Lichter said. ?But the goal of the (NFL) teams is to know everything they can about a given player, to leave no stone unturned.?
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Buckeyes help tackle reading cause

Three Ohio State Buckeyes football players took off their helmets and pads and picked up a few books to read to children last week.
The players and head coach Jim Tressel's wife, Ellen Tressel, visited Goshen Lane Elementary School on Feb. 25 as part of the school's third Family Literacy Night. Students were divided into small groups, where they and their families listened while OSU's Andrew Moses, Anderson Russell and Jim Cordle read to them. They then all regrouped to hear Tressel read "Chester the Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully."

Buckeyes help tackle reading cause | ThisWeek Community Newspapers
 
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mross34 said:
Did Russell participate in the combine?
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nope- just Wothington, Coleman, Pettrey and Gibson
Overwhelming Process: Anderson Russell
03/02/2010

The agent process is overwhelming with so many people telling you so many things and you have to decide what you should really go after. I let my parents take over the process. I wanted to focus on school and football so they helped a lot. They first narrowed it down to eight or nine people and had the guys come by the house in Georgia. Then they narrowed it down to three people.

When my parents were here in Columbus visiting we met with all three agents so I could get a feel for them. I chose a group from Boulder, Colorado, because we got really good feedback on them. My parents talked to one of their clients who plays for the Jets and he said really good things. I spoke with a player too and got good feedback.
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Ohio State Football Coaches: coachtressel.com

Working with Eric Lichter: Anderson Russell
02/24/2010

Eric Lichter is our strength and training coach for OSU and has been helping about nine of us guys to train for the Combine. We?ve been lucky to have him working with us for the past four or five years. Before working at OSU he was a strength guy in the Cleveland area and trained guys for the Combine. He has been working with training people for the Combine for about nine years so he has a lot of experience and advice and he knows how to really develop those drills. It?s funny because he will joke about us being able to do a lot of work on the football field but he can do the drills better than us.

Lichter is a pretty intense guy but only when he needs to be. He will sometimes get frustrated when he will teach us stuff over and over again and it seems like we aren?t getting it but he is areally good guy. His intensity and passion make us want to keep working hard and put our whole heart into it because he does that for us. He usually will just work with us as a group but if he sees somebody who needs more help or improvement he will usually work with us individually for a bit.

Lichter is a great guy and we are fortunate to have him. With his help, we have improved a lot and we will continue to improve in our last weeks of training.
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Ohio State Football Coaches: coachtressel.com

Working Out: Anderson Russell
02/24/2010

First I have to say that’s crazy that Malcolm Jenkins in his rookie year was part of the Super Bowl champs. This was the perfect year for the Saints to win the Super Bowl. I was happy for Malcolm and he did really well this year. I wasn’t sure he was going to play in the Super Bowl because he was injured two weeks before the game but he wound up playing a whole lot of the game.

For me, March 12 is pro day. That’s my big day I’m aiming for. Pro day is day we try out for the pro scouts and coaches. If you don’t go to the Combine then the big universities have pro days for you to try out.

Ideally everyone wants to go in the first round in the NFL draft but that’s not going to happen. Realistically I could be drafted in the mid rounds if I have a good pro day. That’s what I’m hoping for right now.

I’m working out now. Mondays and Thursdays are speed days. A big part of pro day and the Combine is your 40-yard dash. I’ve been working on that the most. I usually run first, then do some weight lifting on legs. I do a lot of squats. Tuesday and Friday I work on my upper body. I do a little conditioning on Friday to make sure I’m in shape. Tuesday is strictly lifting. Wednesday at 6 am I do position work.
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http://www.coachtressel.com/news/viewArticle.php?Article=832
 
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Anderson Russell ran a 4.41 electronic time in his forty-yard dash. He only dropped one pass during his drills. He spoke to the Steelers, but hasn?t really talked to a team about where they saw him playing. When asked about his lasting memory of his time at Ohio State, he reflected back on a couple of experiences.

?The two times the field got rushed when we beat Michigan, and then this year when we beat Iowa--I?ll never forget those,? he said. ?Those were crazy. I thought it was just like a handful of people out there--but you see a picture and it?s like the whole entire field is full, so I?m definitely always going to remember both of those moments.?

Other Notes

* Anderson Russell mentioned that he, Todd Denlinger, Jake Ballard, Thaddeus Gibson, Austin Spitler and Kurt Coleman all went out to eat at local steak house the night before. Strength and conditioning coach Eric Lichter told them not to have steak, but apparently Russell was the only one in the group who listened, choosing instead to have tuna.
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