Jamarcus Russell’s NFL career is best remembered as one of the worst of all-time.
In 2007, the Raiders selected the quarterback ahead of Calvin Johnson and Joe Thomas with the No. 1 pick. He went on to throw 18 touchdowns and 23 interceptions in 31 underwhelming games.
Twelve years later and he is now giving a rare interview when he appeared on The Pivot podcast. When co-host Ryan Clark mentioned the dreaded “bust” label, the former LSU star had no problem owning it, but he wanted something added with it.
“I’ll say my — didn’t turn out how I wanted it to, or not how they expected it to,” Russell said. “If you’re going to call me a ‘bust’, like you said, put ‘the biggest’ on that mother—— then.”
Russell added that the label “bust” doesn’t bother him since it doesn’t apply to his life outside of football.
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Russell wrote in an essay for The Players Tribune that he “shattered every expectation for my life” by making the NFL.
“I went to LSU,” Russell wrote. “I went No. 1. I got paper. I had coaches coming down here, eating my grandma’s cooking. I changed my family’s circumstances forever. Everything else is gravy, for real.
“Yeah, I only played for three years in the league. But those three years cover a lifetime.”
