Russell Carrington Wilson was born in 1988 in November and he is an American football quarterback in Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League or NFL. He played also the college football during the year 2011 under the University of Wisconsin. He received the award to be the best quarterback player in 2012.
The Wilson played in the baseball or football in the North Carolina State University before he can transfer to the Wisconsin. During the year 2008, he was named to be the ACC Rookie for this year in the football and he was the first freshman to get all ACC honors.
He played the football with baseball to the North Carolina State University before he can transfer to the Wisconsin during the year 2008. He signed the contract for four years for the Seattle Seahawks during the year 2012 and he was named to be the quarterback in 2012. The contract is worth 2.29 million.
Russell Wilson was born in Ohio in Cincinnati and he grew up in Virginia in Richmond. He is the son of Benjamin Wilson III who was a lawyer with Tammy T Wilson who was a legal Nurse consultant. He has a brother called Harrison IV with a young sister called Anna. He started to play football with his brother and father when he was four years old.
Russell Wilson is multiracial but he has African American blood with some Native American roots. Russell Wilson got married to his long time girlfriend called Ashton Meem. Their marriage took place in Virginia Richmond. They own three dogs called Prince, Cali and Penny. He is a devout Christian and while he was still 14 years old, he said he saw Jesus in a dream. He always makes the references on the bible and his faith during the interviews. He also post Bible verses daily as tweets.
Russell Wilson contributes a great deal to his Seattle community widely as a volunteer. If it is during the NFL season, he goes to the Seattle Children’s Hospital on daily basis. He also makes some visits to the soldiers to the Joint Base Lewis McChord. During the offseason, he also hosts a Russell Wilson Passing Academy for the youth in different cities. He is the National Ambassador for Charles Ray III Diabetes Association.
The net worth of Russell Wilson is 4 million dollars while the salary is 700 thousand dollars per year. He started to play football before he was even four years old and he started to distinguish himself as the football player in the high school and she finished her career as the all state honors, all District, all region and all state honor. He was also named the Conference Player of the Year. In addition of the football, he was also all the featured player in the all basketball and the baseball team.
He said that he is going to train for the NFL in 2012 and he was the 75th pick. Even if this was not high honors, he continued to enjoy multiple honors since joining the game.
Birth Date: | 29 Nov, 1988 |
Age: | 31 yrs |
Occupations: | American football player |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Cincinnati |
Education: | University of Wisconsin–Madison North Carolina State University |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American football quarterback |
Twitter Id: | DangeRussWilson |
Spouse: | Ciara [M. 2016] |
Net Worth 2021: | 135 million |