Russell torched No. 21 Findlay with 339 passing yards on just 16 completions for a conference-record six touchdowns in the 49-24 Week 11 win against the Oilers. His six TD passes tied the single-game high as he earned offensive weekly honors from the league for the second time this season.
Russell connected in the end zone with Cory Contini three times, Devenaire Conliffe twice in the fourth quarter and David Turner once, as the Panthers put up 516 yards of total offense.
Russell’s six TD’s came against UF secondary that had just allowed seven TD’s against it during the entire year. He matched the single-game high across Division II this season, a feat that has been accomplished 12 other times in the fall.
It was his sixth game of the season passing for 300 or more yards and he finished with 30 TD’s vs. just 3 interceptions in the 2017 campaign
Russell was among Division II’s elite as he led the nation in completion percentage (72.5) and also ranked seventh in passing TD’s (30), eighth in passing yards (3,182) and fifth in passing yards per game (318.2). He also led the Great Midwest in all of those major statistical categories.