Trivia

During the 2002 holiday season, gave back to the community through participating in the Salvation Army Holiday Party at Gillette Stadium and also working at the Children's Hospital's annual holiday telethon.

Signed to the Patriots active roster (09/14/03) after being released by The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Part of group that made visit to MacDill Air Force Base on Sept. 25, 2001 with contingent of Buccaneer players who visited the base to tour the facilities and offer encouragement to hundreds of servicemen and women .

Currently, He has a first cousin named Ben Hochstein who plays for the University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks, hoping to one day play next to Russ for the Patriots.

He appears in a Visa commercial with Tom Brady and his fellow offensive line mates Dan Koppen, Tom Ashworth, Brandon Gorin and Matt Light.

He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2001 NFL Draft. A year later the Pats picked him up. He started in 2003 In Mike Compton's place, then, after a year on the bench, became a starter again when Joe Andruzzi left for Cleveland.

Starting Offensive Lineman for The New England Patriots in his fifth season. (November 2005)