“I did not have to console him, ” stated his grandmother, Bernice Russell.”He had to console me.
“But you will never know, and I will never know how he is doing, because JaMarcus keeps a smile on his face no matter how much he is hurting on the inside.”
Others have provided support and an outlook of the former number one overall selection that is not shared by those in the Silver & Black nation.
“I just believe that he will bounce back, ” said Williamson Coach Bobby Parish, Russell’s coach in high school. “It’s just a situation where I think the kid wants it. You have a name, and your name is so important to you, and you don’t want five or 10 years from now to see your name on some billboard as being the worst player or biggest bust. I think he’ll bounce back.”
Rest of the story is found here: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/05/jamarcus_russell_returns_to_ho.html
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Another site, rollbamaroll.com published a piece on Roland McClain, stating their excitement for the linebacker from Alabama that will line up in the middle of the Raiders’ defense.
Link to story here: http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2010/5/16/1474186/oakland-raiders-fans-are-learning
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