Dontavius Russell

{{Short description|American football player (born 1995)}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2023}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Dontavius Russell

| image = Dontavius Russell.png

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| caption = Russell with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2019

| current_team =

| number = 98

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|9|18}}

| birth_place = Carrollton, Georgia, U.S.

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 319

| high_school = Carrollton

| college = Auburn

| draftyear = 2019

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 235

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| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 3

| pfr = RussDo00

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Dontavius Russell (born September 18, 1995) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers and was selected by the Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL draft.{{Cite web |last=Vitale |first=Josh |date=April 27, 2019 |title=NFL Draft Day 3 recap: Auburn's Slayton goes to Giants, Deshaun Davis to Bengals, Cox to Dolphins, Russell to Jaguars |url=https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/auburn/2019/04/27/auburn-nfl-draft-day-3-recap-darius-slayton-new-york-giants-dontavius-russell-deshaun-davis-ryan-cox/3586617002/ |access-date=March 3, 2021 |website=The Montgomery Advertiser |language=en-US}}

Professional career

Russell was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL draft.{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2019 |title=Round 7: Russell is the selection |url=https://www.jaguars.com/news/round-7-russell-is-the-selection |website=Jaguars.com}}

On August 9, 2020, Russell was placed on injured reserve with a minor hip injury.{{Cite news |last=Oehser, John |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Transactions: Jaguars roster at 80 |work=Jaguars.com |url=https://www.jaguars.com/news/transactions-jaguars-roster-at-80 |access-date=August 11, 2020}} He was waived on March 17, 2021.{{cite news |author=Long, Mark |title=Jaguars add 12 new guys, including 4 sure defensive starters |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nfl/jaguars-add-12-new-guys-including-4-sure-defensive-starters/2021/03/17/5c6e54a0-8771-11eb-be4a-24b89f616f2c_story.html |website=WashingtonPost.com |date=March 17, 2021 |access-date=March 17, 2021}}

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