Georgia offers elite WR Calvin Russell

UGA football offered a scholarship to four-star wide receiver recruit Calvin Russell, who is a great basketball player too

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to elite wide receiver recruit Calvin Russell, who plays high school football for Northwestern High School in Miami, Florida. Northwestern is home to seven current players in the NFL.

Calvin Russell is the No. 39 recruit in the class of 2026, per 247Sports. Russell is ranked as the No. 5 wide receiver in the country and the No. 5 player in Florida.

The 6-foot-4, 181-pound wide receiver has a long wingspan. Calvin Russell is a basketball and track star for Miami Northwestern as well. Russell is an explosive athlete with excellent versatility. He has an athletic background. Russell’s mother played basketball at Miami.

Russell, who is ranked as a four-star wide receiver recruit, also has several scholarship offers to play basketball including one from Florida Atlantic.

The lengthy wide receiver announced his scholarship offer from Georgia football via social media:

It is still very early in the recruiting process for the class of 2026. Russell is a sophomore in high school right now.

LSU offers 4-star 2026 wide receiver from Miami

LSU’s recruiting staff took a trip down to south Florida to check out one of the top wide receivers in the country for the 2026 recruiting class.

LSU’s recruiting staff took a trip down to south Florida to check out one of the top wide receivers in the country for the 2026 recruiting class. They will have to fight off Billy Napier and the Florida Gators to land him.

[autotag]Calvin Russell[/autotag] is a 6-foot-4, 181-pound, four-star wide receiver from Miami, Florida, where he plays for Northwestern High School. The Northwestern Bulls finished the 2022 season 6-5 with a loss to Central in the second round of the 2M state playoffs.

There are currently no Crystal Ball projections for Russell at this time but Florida is a 43% favorite to land him per On3.

Film Analysis: Russell is a tall receiver who does a great job of high-pointing catches over smaller defensive backs.

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