Russ Swan (American football)

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Russ Swan
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Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1963-03-30) March 30, 1963 (age 61)
Fairview Park, Ohio
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:223 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school: Yorktown (NY)
College: Virginia
Undrafted: 1986
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:5
Player stats at PFR

Russell Scott Swan (born March 30, 1963) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Virginia.

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Early years

Swan attended Yorktown High School, where he was a starter at linebacker. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Virginia, where he was a four-year starter at linebacker. [1] As a freshman, he had 19 tackles in a single-game against Virginia Tech.

As a senior, he led the team with 125 tackles (third in school history), collecting 58 solo tackles, 67 assisted tackles and one interception. [2]

He finished his career as the school's second All-time leading tackler (373), after making 181 solo tackles and 192 assisted tackles. [3]

Professional career

Swan was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 1986 NFL draft. He was waived on August 26. [4]

In 1987, he was signed as a free agent by the Dallas Cowboys. He was released on September 1. [5] After the NFLPA strike was declared on the third week of the season, those contests were canceled (reducing the 16 game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. In September, he was re-signed to be a part of the Dallas replacement team that was given the mock name "Rhinestone Cowboys" by the media. [6] He started 3 games at middle linebacker. On October 27, he was placed on the injured reserve list. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cavaliers Kick Off 2000 Football Season Against BYU" . Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Annual Tackle Leaders" . Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "UVa Records: Defensive Records" . Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tuesday's Sports Transactions" . Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Transactions". New York Times. September 2, 1987. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Who's playing today and for whom". Lakeland Ledger. October 4, 1987.
  7. ↑ "For the Record" . Retrieved January 12, 2023.
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