Russell Carrington Wilson is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin during the 2011 season, in which he set the single-season FBS record for passing efficiency. Wilson also played minor league baseball for the Tri-City Dust Devils in 2010 and the Asheville Tourists in 2011 as a second baseman. He was selected by the Seahawks with the 12th pick in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Wilson has been named to seven Pro Bowls and has started in two Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl XLVIII. On April 15, 2019, Wilson signed a four-year, USD 140 million contract extension with the Seahawks, making him the highest paid player
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Russell Carrington Wilson is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin during the 2011 season, in which he set the single-season FBS record for passing efficiency. Wilson also played minor league baseball for the Tri-City Dust Devils in 2010 and the Asheville Tourists in 2011 as a second baseman. He was selected by the Seahawks with the 12th pick in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Wilson has been named to seven Pro Bowls and has started in two Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl XLVIII. On April 15, 2019, Wilson signed a four-year, USD 140 million contract extension with the Seahawks, making him the highest paid player in the NFL at the time. On November 19, 2020, against the Arizona Cardinals, he became just the third quarterback in NFL history to throw for 30 touchdowns in four consecutive seasons. Outside of football, Wilson is also a part owner of the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer, and as such has an MLS Cup championship to his credit as well, with the club winning the title in 2019. Wilson is 62% African, 36% European, 1% West Asian, and 1% Central Asian. His European family lineage has been traced back to 524 A. D. to Saint Arnulf of Metz via Charlemagne. Wilson’s father played football and baseball at Dartmouth and was a wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers preseason squad in 1980. He has an older brother, Harrison IV, and a younger sister, Anna.
His brother, Harry, played football, baseball and basketball at University of Richmond, and his sister Anna plays basketball for Stanford. Wilson attended Collegiate School, a preparatory school in Richmond, Virginia, and was named an all-conference and all-state player as well as conference player of the year. As a senior, he threw for 3,009 passing yards, 34 passing touchdowns, and seven interceptions. In 2008, Wilson split time at quarterback with senior Daniel Evans and junior Harrison Beck. He also received a football scholarship from Duke University. Wilson was also a member of the North Carolina State University basketball and baseball teams. He is the son of Harrison Benjamin Wilson III, a lawyer, and Tammy Wilson, a legal nurse consultant. Wilson started playing football with his father and brother at the age of four, and played his first organized game for the Tuckahoe Tomahawks youth football team in sixth grade. His paternal grandfather, Harrison B. Wilson Jr, was a former president of Norfolk State University. His maternal grandfather was noted painter A. B. Jackson. His father died on June 9, 2010 at age 55 due to complications from diabetes. Wilson’s paternal grandmother, Anna W. Wilson, was on the faculty at Jackson State University, and her paternal grandmother was a noted painter and former college football and basketball coach. He attended a summer football clinic run by NFL MVP winner Peyton Manning.
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