Millersville

Career Highlights

• CSC Academic All-District (2024)
• PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)

2024 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Only non-lineman to start all 11 games on the offensive side of the ball
• Set career highs in catches (13), yards (152) and touchdowns (3)
• Ranked second on the team in touchdown catches
• Caught a pass in seven games and two or more four times
• Totaled six catches for 96 yards and three touchdowns in the final two games of the season
• Caught two TD passes (six and seven yards) against Bloomsburg
• Set career highs with four receptions and 83 yards in week 11 against Edinboro

2023 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Played in eight games as the team's No. 2 tight end
• Two of three catches went for touchdowns
• Made first career TD catch in week three against Slippery Rock
• Caught a three-yard TD pass against Lock Haven 

2022 (Freshman)

• Received a redshirt in first season with the program

High School

• Two-way player, totaling 18 catches for 380 yards and totaling 15 sacks and 23 tackles for loss as a defensive end
• Helped team to a conference championship in 2018
• Served as a team captain
• Winner of coaches award
• Also lettered in basketball and track and field

About the Marauder

• Why Millersville: I loved the campus and the home feel!
• Off-the-field hobbies: Hanging with friends, working on cars
• Favorite pro athlete: Mark Andrews
• Favorite show to binge watch: Stranger Things
• Pregame ritual: Pray, tape and hit the field

Personal

• Given name is Braeden
• Son of Thomas and Amy Russell
• Has two brothers and one sister
• Majoring in finance