Russell Bodine

Bodine in 2013

No. 61 Cincinnati Bengals

Position:

Center

Personal information

Date of birth:

June 30, 1992

Place of birth:

Woodbridge, Virginia

Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

310 lb (141 kg)

Career information

High school:

Fork Union (VA) Military

College:

North Carolina

NFL draft:

2014 / Round: 4 / Pick: 111

Career history

Cincinnati Bengals (2014–present)

Roster status:

Active

Career highlights and awards

All-ACC Honorable Mention (2013)
Rimington Trophy Watch List (2013)

Career NFL statistics as of 2015

Games played:	32
Games started:	32
Player stats at NFL.com

Russell Bodine (born June 30, 1992) is an American football center for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Bengals in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina.

High school career

A native of Scottsville, Virginia, Bodine attended Fork Union Military Academy, where he was named first-team all-state at the highest of three private school divisions for two straight seasons. He was teammates with Morgan Moses, Austin Pasztor, Terrance West, and Carlos Hyde.

Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Bodine was listed as the No. 8 center prospect in his class.^[1]

College career

In his sophomore year, Bodine started all 12 games at center, having eventual NFL players Travis Bond and Jonathan Cooper lined up on each side of him.

As a junior, he primarily played center again, but also was moved along the offensive line. On December 30, 2013, he announced his decision to forgo his final year of eligibility and enter the 2014 NFL Draft.^[2]

Professional career

2014 NFL Draft

Bodine registered 42 repetitions in the 225-pound (102 kg) bench press, for best in his class.

Pre-draft measurables
Ht	Wt	Arm length	Hand size	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
6 ft 3 in	310 lb	32 ¹⁄₂ in	10 in	5.18 s			4.66 s	8.26 s	29 in	9 ft 1 in	42 reps
All values from NFL Combine^[3]

2014 season

Working with the Bengals' first-team offense at center from the beginning of training camp,^[4] Bodine remained the starting center for all 16 regular season games^[5] as the Bengals went 10-5-1 and made the AFC playoffs.

References

External links

Cincinnati Bengals 2014 NFL draft selections

Darqueze Dennard Jeremy Hill Will Clarke Russell Bodine AJ McCarron Marquis Flowers James Wright Lavelle Westbrooks

Cincinnati Bengals current roster

Active roster	2 Mike Nugent 3 Keith Wenning 5 AJ McCarron 10 Kevin Huber 12 Mohamed Sanu 14 Andy Dalton 15 Mario Alford 18 A. J. Green 19 Brandon Tate 20 Reggie Nelson 24 Adam Jones 25 Giovani Bernard 26 Josh Shaw 27 Dre Kirkpatrick 29 Leon Hall 30 Cedric Peerman 32 Jeremy Hill 33 Rex Burkhead 36 Shawn Williams 37 Chris Lewis-Harris 40 Derron Smith 43 George Iloka 44 Jake Fisher 46 Clark Harris 47 Paul Dawson 50 A. J. Hawk 57 Vincent Rey 58 Rey Maualuga 59 Emmanuel Lamur 60 T. J. Johnson 61 Russell Bodine 65 Clint Boling 68 Kevin Zeitler 70 Cedric Ogbuehi 71 Andre Smith 73 Eric Winston 77 Andrew Whitworth 81 Tyler Kroft 82 Marvin Jones 85 Tyler Eifert 87 C. J. Uzomah 89 Ryan Hewitt 90 Michael Johnson 91 Marcus Hardison 92 Pat Sims 93 Will Clarke 94 Domata Peko 95 Wallace Gilberry 96 Carlos Dunlap 97 Geno Atkins 98 Brandon Thompson 99 Margus Hunt -- Darryl Baldwin -- Chykie Brown

Reserve lists	21 Darqueze Dennard (IR) 53 Marquis Flowers (IR) 55 Vontaze Burfict (Susp.) 56 Sean Porter (PUP) 86 James Wright (IR)

Practice squad	31 Terrell Watson 34 James Wilder 45 Trevor Roach 64 Dan France 66 Trey Hopkins 69 DeShawn Williams 84 Jake Kumerow 88 Matt Lengel

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