Brian Russell stats
Bio
- Age
- 48 yearsFeb 5, 1978
- Height
- 6' 2"
Brian Russell played 8 NFL seasons, 2002 to 2009.
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 120
- TOT
- 478
- SOLO
- 375
- AST
- 103
- SACK
- 3.0
- INT
- 16
- PD
- 39
- FF
- 3
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | MIN | 16 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | MIN | 16 | 95 | 78 | 17 | 1.0 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIN | 16 | 81 | 62 | 19 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2005 | CLE | 16 | 70 | 47 | 23 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 | CLE | 12 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 | SEA | 16 | 68 | 60 | 8 | 1.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2008 | SEA | 16 | 72 | 55 | 17 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 |  JAX/HOU | 12 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- TOT
- 15
- SOLO
- 11
- AST
- 4
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 4
- FF
- 2
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 120
- TOT
- 4.0
- SOLO
- 3.1
- AST
- 0.9
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.1
- PD
- 0.3
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | MIN | 16 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | MIN | 16 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | MIN | 16 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 2005 | CLE | 16 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | CLE | 12 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 2007 | SEA | 16 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | SEA | 16 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2009 | JAX/HOU | 12 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Bio
- Age
- 48 yearsFeb 5, 1978
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2002
- Birthplace
- West Covina, CA
- College
- San Diego State
Latest performance
Brian Russell
Jan 03 · vs NE · W 34-27
- TOT
- 3
- SOLO
- 1
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 03 | vs NEW 34-27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 20 | at LARW 16-13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 13 | vs SEAW 34-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 15 | at NYJW 24-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 08 | vs KCW 24-21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 01 | at TENL 30-13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What were Brian Russell's career stats?
Brian Russell played 8 seasons for the Vikings, the Browns and the Seahawks. He recorded 478 tackles, 3 sacks and 16 interceptions. His best season was 2003: 95 tackles and 1.0 sack.
More on Brian Russell
Playoff games
Brian Russell played 4 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 2 lost.
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  WSH | W 35-14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2007 |  GB | L 42-20 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2004 | GB | W 31-17 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2004 |  PHI | L 27-14 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Brian Russell against each club
- vs Green Bay Packers (10)
- vs Chicago Bears (8)
- vs Detroit Lions (7)
- vs Los Angeles Rams (7)
- vs Arizona Cardinals (6)
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (5)
- vs Pittsburgh Steelers (5)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (5)
- vs Seattle Seahawks (5)
- vs Atlanta Falcons (4)
- vs Baltimore Ravens (4)
- vs New Orleans Saints (4)
- vs New York Giants (4)
- vs New York Jets (4)
- vs Philadelphia Eagles (4)
- vs Tennessee Titans (4)
- vs Carolina Panthers (3)
- vs Houston Texans (3)
- vs Indianapolis Colts (3)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (3)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (3)
- vs Miami Dolphins (3)
- vs New England Patriots (3)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3)
- vs Washington Commanders (3)
- vs Buffalo Bills (2)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (2)
- vs Denver Broncos (2)
- vs Jacksonville Jaguars (2)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (2)
- vs Cleveland Browns (1)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (1)
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Brian Russell among NFL players at the same position.
- Asher AllenAlike in Solo tackles, Tackles, Interceptions85out of 100 on profile similarity
- Thomas DeCoudAlike in Solo tackles, Tackles, Interceptions84out of 100 on profile similarity
- Chris HopeAlike in Interceptions, Solo tackles, Tackles83out of 100 on profile similarity
- Gerald SensabaughAlike in Interceptions, Solo tackles, Tackles81out of 100 on profile similarity
- Chad CotaAlike in Solo tackles, Interceptions, Tackles79out of 100 on profile similarity
Compare Brian Russell with Asher Allen, Thomas DeCoud, Chris Hope