JaMarcus Russell’s net worth in 2021

JaMarcus Russell was a highly touted collegiate quarterback at Louisiana State University. Unfortunately, his professional career did not pan out as he planned. In this one, we will take a look at his journey and JaMarcus Russell’s net worth in 2021.

JaMarcus Russell’s Net Worth in 2021 (estimate): $4 million

JaMarcus Russell’s net worth in 2021 is $4 million. This is according to numerous reputable outlets, including Celebrity Net Worth,

JaMarcus Russell was born in Mobile, Alabama where he played high school football at Lillie B. Williamson High School. In the four years that he played, Russell started and never missed a game for his school.

He led his team to the state championship game in his freshman year after an impressive 180 out of 324 passes completed along with 2,683 yards and 20 touchdowns. The following year, Russell grew to 6 ft 3 in and he finished the year with 2,616 yards and 20 touchdowns en route to a semifinal berth.

Russell’s senior year was his best year as he completed 219 passes out of 372 attempts for 3,332 yards and 22 touchdowns. He also rushed for 400 yards along with 5 rushing touchdowns. In his four-year high school career, he amassed 10,774 passing yards which still stands as the Alabama High School Athletic Association career passing record.

His performance earned him Parade magazine All-American honorable mention honors as well as being named the 2002 Alabama Mr. Football.

As a five-star recruit, JaMarcus Russell committed to Louisiana State University in February 2003. He redshirted his freshman season but was named as the starting quarterback by the fall of the 2005 season.

Russell was incredible for the LSU Tigers during his stint with the school. They were the 2003 BSC National Champions and they also had a regular winning record in every year he played.

JaMarcus Russell’s Collegiate Awards:

• 2005 Columbus Touchdown Club SEC Player of the Year
• 4x SEC Offensive Player of the Week
• 2006 First-team All-SEC by the Associated Press and SEC Coaches
• 2006 Manning Award Winner

He played 36 games for LSU in his three years with the school and he completed 493 passes out of 797 attempts. He also had 6,625 passing yards along with 52 touchdowns.

Russell then decided to skip the final year of his NCAA eligibility and enter the 2007 NFL Draft.

In the 2007 NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders selected JaMarcus Russell with the first overall pick. However, the Raiders and Russell failed to reach a contract agreement which resulted in the top pick holding out through training camp until the first of the NFL season.

The Oakland Raiders and JaMarcus Russell eventually agreed on a contract worth $68 million for six years with $32 million guaranteed upon signing.

Russell only played 4 games in his rookie season with only 1 start. He finished the year with 36 completed passes in 66 attempts along with 2 touchdowns in 373 passing yards.

The following year, Russell was named as the starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders. He led the team to a 5-10 record in the 15 games he started as he passed for 2,473 yards with 13 touchdowns.

Unfortunately, Russell was benched by coach Tom Cable after their Week 5 loss against the New York Giants. He was then in and out of the starting lineup as the Raiders favored the other options at quarterback.

Russell played 12 games in the 2009 season and started 9 of them and they held a record of 2-7 in the games that he was in the starting lineup. He finished the season with the lowest quarterback rating, lowest completion percentage, fewest passing touchdowns, and fewest passing yards among the qualified quarterbacks.

In the 2010 offseason, reports came out that Russell arrived at training camp overweight. In the same month, the Raiders traded for Washinton quarterback Jason Campbell which brought them to 5 players fighting for the same position.

On May 6, 2010, the Oakland Raiders released JaMarcus Russell. The team eventually filed a grievance against the former top overall pick seeking $9.55 million in salary advances for the 2010 through the 2012 NFL seasons back from Russell.

Russell filed a counter grievance claiming that he was owed an additional $9 million from the team. In 2013, the two parties settled and the Raiders ended up paying Russell an extra $3 million.

He then attended multiple workouts with NFL teams since his release, but he never played a singled minute again in the league.

According to Spotrac, JaMarcus Russell earned $39,365,000 during his short NFL career.

Russell was considered as one of the biggest busts in NFL history. The Huffington Post included him in their list of the 13 biggest draft busts of the 2000s.

It was revealed in a former interview with then-Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin that he preferred to pick wide receiver Calvin Johnson over JaMarcus Russell. Johnson finished his career with 6 Pro Bowl selections and was inducted into the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The short career of the former No. 1 overall pick is still one of the biggest “what if’s?” in NFL history as Russell showed the potential and the talent which attracted a lot of NFL teams.