Hammond Russell IV
DL · Graduate
6'4" · 320 lbs · Defense
Also wearing #91: Sean West (P)
Background
- Hometown
- Columbus, Ohio
- High school
- Dublin Coffman
- Previous school
- West Virginia
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8652 247 composite)
- National rank
- #785
- Class
- 2021
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
2025tap to read
Made five starts on the defensive line and played in nine total games … finished with 13 tackles including 2.5 TFLs and two sacks … forced one fumble … made a season-high four tackles against Robert Morris (Aug. 30), including 2.5 TFLs … posted three tackles at Ohio (Sept. 6) … tallied two stops against Pitt (Sept. 13) and Utah (Sept. 27)
2024tap to read
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
2023tap to read
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
2022tap to read
Did not see game action
2021tap to read
Redshirted, saw action in two games High School/Personal: 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 Son of Hammond III and Natasha Russell One of six children (3 brothers, 2 sisters) Graduated with a bachelor's degree at West Virginia in sport management in May 2025
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2025 Season (Redshirt senior at West Virginia): Made five starts on the defensive line and played in nine total games … finished with 13 tackles including 2.5 TFLs and two sacks … forced one fumble … made a season-high four tackles against Robert Morris (Aug. 30), including 2.5 TFLs … posted three tackles at Ohio (Sept. 6) … tallied two stops against Pitt (Sept. 13) and Utah (Sept. 27)
2024 Season (Redshirt junior at West Virginia): 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 Season (Redshirt sophomore at West Virginia): 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 Season (Redshirt freshman): Did not see game action
2021 Season (Freshman): Redshirted, saw action in two games
High School/Personal:
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
Son of Hammond III and Natasha Russell
One of six children (3 brothers, 2 sisters)
Graduated with a bachelor's degree at West Virginia in sport management in May 2025