American football quarterback Russell Carrington Wilson plays for the National Football League’s Denver Broncos (NFL).
Prior to this, he was a second baseman with the Tri-City Dust Devils in 2010 and the Asheville Tourists in 2011. His professional baseball rights are currently held by the Somerset Patriots, the New York Yankees’ Double-A club.
Wilson was born at Cincinnati’s Christ Hospital and raised in Richmond, Virginia. His parents are Tammy Wilson (née Turner), a nurse director, and lawyer Harrison Benjamin Wilson III. Harrison IV is his older brother, while Anna is his younger sister.
When Wilson was four years old, he began playing football with his father and brother. In the sixth grade, he took part in his first official game for the Tuckahoe Tomahawks minor football club.
Wilson attended Richmond, Virginia’s Collegiate School, a prep school. He threw for 3,287 passing yards and 40 touchdowns as a junior in 2005, while also rushing for 634 yards and 15 scores.
He was selected as an all-state, all-region, and all-district performer. Wilson won the Richmond Times-Dispatch Player of the Year award twice.
On July 23, 2006, Wilson made a commitment to attend North Carolina State University. In addition, Duke University extended him an offer for a football scholarship.
Wilson started his preparation for the NFL Scouting Combine on January 16, 2012, at the IMG Madden Football Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Wilson was predicted by NFL scouts and analysts to go in the middle rounds of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Wilson led a 21-17 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 8 despite trailing 10-0 at the start of the game.
Wilson completed 18 of 30 passes for 252 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. Wilson had a 21 of 42 performance for 286 yards, one touchdown, and one interception in Week 10’s 17-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
What Is Russell Wilson’s Nationality: Where Is Russell Wilson From?
He is an American who hails from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Is Russell Wilson African- American?
Yes, he is.