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Russell, Mason
Jersey Number 46
Mason Russell
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Windermere, Fla.
- High School:
- Windermere Preparatory School
Bio
DUKE CAREER: Played in 16 career games for 82 snaps.
2022: Did not see game action.
2021: Played in all 12 games … on the field for 78 snaps, primarily on special teams.
2020: Played in two games against Charlotte and Florida State … on the field for two snaps.
2019: Played in the first two games of the season against Alabama and North Carolina A&T ... on the field for two snaps.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year letterman at Windermere Prep for coach Jacob Doss ... three-year team captain who helped Windermere to a trio of state playoff appearances with two trips to the semifinals and one championship game ... totaled 129 tackles, 24.0 TFL, 5.5 sacks and one INT as a senior en route to earning all-state, all-conference and Florida Athletic Coaches Association District 3A Player of the Year accolades ... as a junior, recorded 133 tackles while earning all-district and all-conference honors ... received the Mr. Windermere Prep Award as a senior ... the school’s first four-time Male Athlete of the Year ... a U.S. National Football Team member for the U16 and U17 squads, captaining the U17 club ... earned four additional letters as an outfielder on the baseball team.
PERSONAL: Born June 30, 2000 ... graduated from Duke in May 2023, with a degree in economics and a minor in Spanish ... son of Bobby and Molly Russell ... grandfather, Thomas Draper, was a three-year letterman (1962-63-64) for the Brown men’s lacrosse team and was a member of the 1971 Brown Athletic Hall of Fame induction class after accounting for 123 goals and 39 assists for 162 points during career, earning a trio of All-New England honors (1962-63-64), as well as All-Ivy League and All-America accolades in 1964.
2022: Did not see game action.
2021: Played in all 12 games … on the field for 78 snaps, primarily on special teams.
2020: Played in two games against Charlotte and Florida State … on the field for two snaps.
2019: Played in the first two games of the season against Alabama and North Carolina A&T ... on the field for two snaps.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year letterman at Windermere Prep for coach Jacob Doss ... three-year team captain who helped Windermere to a trio of state playoff appearances with two trips to the semifinals and one championship game ... totaled 129 tackles, 24.0 TFL, 5.5 sacks and one INT as a senior en route to earning all-state, all-conference and Florida Athletic Coaches Association District 3A Player of the Year accolades ... as a junior, recorded 133 tackles while earning all-district and all-conference honors ... received the Mr. Windermere Prep Award as a senior ... the school’s first four-time Male Athlete of the Year ... a U.S. National Football Team member for the U16 and U17 squads, captaining the U17 club ... earned four additional letters as an outfielder on the baseball team.
PERSONAL: Born June 30, 2000 ... graduated from Duke in May 2023, with a degree in economics and a minor in Spanish ... son of Bobby and Molly Russell ... grandfather, Thomas Draper, was a three-year letterman (1962-63-64) for the Brown men’s lacrosse team and was a member of the 1971 Brown Athletic Hall of Fame induction class after accounting for 123 goals and 39 assists for 162 points during career, earning a trio of All-New England honors (1962-63-64), as well as All-Ivy League and All-America accolades in 1964.
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