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The fastest player that I have seen at Russell was Josh Gross. Josh avoided tacklers with the best field of vision of any player I have seen. He could change direction on a dime. I do not recall anyone catching him in the open field. I once saw him run stride for stride with David Jones in 2004 and score.

A lot of Belfrey people will remember this!!! Russell was on the Belfrey 5 yard line and Gross was running in for a TD about at the 1/2 yard line Jones hit Gross from the side the ball went one way and Gross went the other. I later talked to Gross about that tackle and he said he never saw Jones and it was the hardest he was ever hit.

I remember.. They both took a shot on that play. He WAS one of the best backs I have had the honor of watching play football. As said, he had as good of field vision as any runner I have seen.:Thumbs: I don't think he was as fast as Jones or even Matt Maynard of Belfry but fast he was.