Chris Russell, an undrafted rookie linebacker who was teammates with Edgerrin Cooper at Texas A&M, took advantage of a second chance to play for the Green Bay Packers.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Chris Russell wasn’t signed after trying out for the Green Bay Packers at their rookie minicamp but was hopeful he’d get another opportunity.
Russell played linebacker alongside Packers second-round pick Edgerrin Cooper at Texas A&M. While Cooper went from starter in 2022 to All-American in 2023, Russell went from starter in 2022 to backup in 2023. Thus,He got a shot with the Packers the weekend after the draft and with the Tennessee Titans the following week but was not offered a contract.
It was a payoff for working out the past three months in California, grinding toward a dream that might never become reality. As each day of NFL training camps ticked past, that dream seemed to become more and more unrealistic.“You’ve got to have superior confidence in yourself,” he said. “Talk to God, just leave it up to Him. Just have faith – unseeable faith – in your future. That’s all I could do in that moment.
Russell said he was “blessed” to not have to get a so-called real job. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t been busy. He was “keeping my brain sharp” and working on his linebacker techniques while helping host 7-on-7 football camps at the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, Calif.
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