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Get to Know Your Orange Man: #12, WR Russell Thompson-Bishop

Position: Wide receiver

Year: (Redshirt) Junior

Height: 6’1”

Weight: 234 lbs.

Hometown: Bloomfield, Conn.

High School: Bloomfield High School

2019 stats: Appeared in two games but didn’t record any stats.

2020 projections: There are opportunities for Thompson-Bishop to earn time in a crowded wide receiver corps. His size could make him an interesting match-up problem for smaller defensive backs in the middle of the field.

How’d he get here?: Thompson-Bishop was a top-10 player in Connecticut so it’s no surprise he received interest from Northeast schools like Temple, Army, UConn and Boston College.