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Jersey Number 36
Donterry Russell
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Provine HS
Career Honors
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
Career Notes
Played in 12 career games with four starts … Following the 2024 season, Russell has 23 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two QB hurries.
2024 (Sophomore Season)
Played in one game with zero starts … Missed the final 11 games of the season … Recorded four tackles and two QB hurries … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Recorded four tackles … Recorded his first two career QB hurries.
2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Appeared in eight games with five starts … Totaled 19 tackles, 11 solo and eight assisted … Had 1.5 sacks … Season-high seven tackles against Western Michigan … Earned his first career sack in his season debut against Alabama … … Made his season debut against Alabama … Alabama (9/30): Made his first career start as a Bulldog … Finished with five tackles including 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss, all career-highs … Western Michigan (10/7): Totaled a career-high seven tackles and a quarterback hurry … at Arkansas (10/21): Had three stops including a tackle for loss … Also had a quarterback hurry … at Auburn (10/28): Made a pair of tackles … Kentucky (11/4): Split a tackle for loss … at Texas A&M (11/11): Recorded a quarterback hurry.
2022 (Freshman Season)
Appeared in three games … Earned a redshirt ... Bowling Green (9/24): Made his MSU debut.
High School
Prepped at Provine High School under head coach John Ladner … Consensus three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals and On3 … Rated the No. 17 player in Mississippi by 247Sports and No. 14 by ESPN … Considered the No. 11 prospect in Mississippi by Rivals … Named to the Clarion Ledger’s 2021 Dandy Dozen as the state’s No. 12 senior … Finished his senior year with 45 tackles, including 25 solo stops, and 14.5 tackles for loss with six sacks … Forced one fumble and recovered two more … Did not play a junior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Recorded 46 tackles with 11.5 tackles for loss as a sophomore in 2019 … Added seven sacks and forced a fumble that year … Committed to MSU on June 4, 2021.
Personal
Born Donterry Q. Russell on January 25, 2004 ... Son of Kasson and Letoyia Harris ... Brother De’Monte is also a member of the football team ... Major is currently undeclared.
Social Media
X/Twitter – @DonterryR
Instagram – t3rry.1
Career-Highs Entering 2025
Tackles: 7, vs. Western Michigan (10/7/2023)
Tackles for Loss: 2.5, vs. Alabama (9/30/2023)
Sacks: 1.5, vs. Alabama (9/30/2023)
QB Hurries: 1, 3x, last at Texas A&M (11/11/2023)
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
Career Notes
Played in 12 career games with four starts … Following the 2024 season, Russell has 23 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two QB hurries.
2024 (Sophomore Season)
Played in one game with zero starts … Missed the final 11 games of the season … Recorded four tackles and two QB hurries … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Recorded four tackles … Recorded his first two career QB hurries.
2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Appeared in eight games with five starts … Totaled 19 tackles, 11 solo and eight assisted … Had 1.5 sacks … Season-high seven tackles against Western Michigan … Earned his first career sack in his season debut against Alabama … … Made his season debut against Alabama … Alabama (9/30): Made his first career start as a Bulldog … Finished with five tackles including 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss, all career-highs … Western Michigan (10/7): Totaled a career-high seven tackles and a quarterback hurry … at Arkansas (10/21): Had three stops including a tackle for loss … Also had a quarterback hurry … at Auburn (10/28): Made a pair of tackles … Kentucky (11/4): Split a tackle for loss … at Texas A&M (11/11): Recorded a quarterback hurry.
2022 (Freshman Season)
Appeared in three games … Earned a redshirt ... Bowling Green (9/24): Made his MSU debut.
High School
Prepped at Provine High School under head coach John Ladner … Consensus three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals and On3 … Rated the No. 17 player in Mississippi by 247Sports and No. 14 by ESPN … Considered the No. 11 prospect in Mississippi by Rivals … Named to the Clarion Ledger’s 2021 Dandy Dozen as the state’s No. 12 senior … Finished his senior year with 45 tackles, including 25 solo stops, and 14.5 tackles for loss with six sacks … Forced one fumble and recovered two more … Did not play a junior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Recorded 46 tackles with 11.5 tackles for loss as a sophomore in 2019 … Added seven sacks and forced a fumble that year … Committed to MSU on June 4, 2021.
Personal
Born Donterry Q. Russell on January 25, 2004 ... Son of Kasson and Letoyia Harris ... Brother De’Monte is also a member of the football team ... Major is currently undeclared.
Social Media
X/Twitter – @DonterryR
Instagram – t3rry.1
Career-Highs Entering 2025
Tackles: 7, vs. Western Michigan (10/7/2023)
Tackles for Loss: 2.5, vs. Alabama (9/30/2023)
Sacks: 1.5, vs. Alabama (9/30/2023)
QB Hurries: 1, 3x, last at Texas A&M (11/11/2023)
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