West Virginia University Athletics

• Has played in 27 career games

2024 (r-Jr.)

• Played in 13 games
• Added depth on the defensive line
• Saw action on 325 defensive plays, including a season-high 39 at Cincinnati
• Finished with 17 tackles, including seven solo stops, three sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss
• Recorded two assisted tackles at Texas Tech
• Assisted two tackles and a TFL against UCF
• Added three tackles and a sack at Arizona
• Finished with two tackles against Iowa State
• Lone tackle at Oklahoma State was a sack
• Recorded a pair of stops against Kansas
• Posted his first sack of the season at Pitt

2023 (r-So.)

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team
• Played in 12 games
• Added depth on the defensive line
• Saw action on 111 defensive plays, including a season-high 18 plays against BYU and North Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl
• Finished with 10 tackles, including four solo stops and assisted on a six-yard sack
• Season-high three tackles at Oklahoma
• Assisted on two tackles against BYU, including a tackle for loss
• Had solo tackles at Baylor, at UCF and at Penn State
• Registered assisted tackles against Pitt and North Carolina

2022 (r-Fr.)

• Did not see game action
• WVU Juice Award: Baylor

2021 (Fr.)

• Redshirted
• Played against LIU and Minnesota
• Season-high 15 snaps against LIU

High School

• Played defensive line for coach Mark Crabtree at Dublin Coffman High
• Earned 2020 All-Ohio Prep Schools Writers’ Association (OPSWA) Division I All-State First Team
• Named to the 2020 MaxPreps Ohio All-State First Team
• Also earned all-district and all-league honors as a senior
• Tallied 52 tackles, including nine tackles for loss, during his senior campaign
• Also registered 1.5 sacks and two interceptions in 2020, while leading Coffman to an 8-1 mark, OCC-Central Division title and appearance in the regional semifinal
• Earned OPSWA All-Ohio Special Mention as a junior, as well as first-team all-district and second-team all-league distinction
• Made 55 tackles with 9.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, six pass breakups and a fumble recovery in 2019
• Led Coffman to a 10-3 record and trip to the regional final as a junior
• Also played basketball
• Rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports
• ESPN rates him as the No. 80 defensive end in the nation and No. 23 prospect in Ohio
• Rated as the No. 32 Ohio prospect by Rivals
• Rated as the No. 51 strong-side defensive end in the country by 247Sports, as well as the No. 33 player in Ohio
• Also offered by Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kentucky, Michigan State, Minnesota, Pitt and Purdue

Personal

• Son of Hammond III and Natasha Russell
• One of six children (3 brothers, 2 sisters)
• Graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport management in May 2025
• Currently pursuing a master's degree in executive sport management
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll