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- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Slot Receivers
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- Phone:
- (231) 591-2861
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- Email:
- russet14@ferris.edu
Bio
Former Bulldog quarterback Travis Russell starts his first season on the Bulldog staff as an assistant coach in 2021.
Russell wrapped up his Bulldog career by leading FSU to the NCAA Division II National Semifinals in 2019 and was chosen as the 2019-20 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
A 2020 Wooden Citizenship Cup National Semifinalist, Russell returned for his senior campaign after graduating from FSU and became the Bulldogs' starting quarterback and team leader on its run to a third D2 National Semifinal appearance in the past four years.
The senior standout compiled a 13-2 mark as a starter for FSU in his career and helped FSU to a 62-8 record in his five seasons in the program. The four-time GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team honoree was the NCAA's Elite 90 Award recipient for holding the highest grade point average in the 2018 national championship game and was highly-involved in various community service initiatives and organizations in his collegiate career, including taking part in two different spring break mission trips to South Carolina to serve people whose homes had been destroyed due to hurricanes. He was a two-time nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team and was a GLIAC Commissioner's Award honoree for excellence both on and off the field.
As a senior, Russell was also a candidate for the 2019 Campbell Trophy awarded to the nation's top football scholar-athlete and tabbed as a National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society member. He completed 86 of 160 passes for 1,503 yards and six scores while running for nearly 300 yards and three TD's in his senior campaign. He was also previously chosen as the recipient of the GLIAC's Jack H. McAvoy Award, which is presented annually to a GLIAC football player who best combines outstanding character and leadership on the field, in the classroom and in the community.
Off the field, he was also a member of the Newman Center catholic outreach group, active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and participated in "March Is Reading Month" at local elementary schools the past four years in addition to his other civic activities. Russell also assisted with "Angels In Action" serving children who are hungry.
Russell became the seventh-ever Bulldog Football student-athlete in school history to receive the school's prestigious Willie Bouyer Leadership Award upon the conclusion of his FSU palying career.