The three 1st round and three 2nd round picks eventually netted the Cowboys Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson, and Russell Maryland and three Super Bowl rings.
Prior to his graduation from Miami, Russell was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the highest honor bestowed by the university.
Maryland | University of Maryland | Bethesda, Maryland | Bertrand Russell | Russell Crowe | Annapolis, Maryland | Silver Spring, Maryland | Montgomery County, Maryland | Frederick Russell Burnham | Russell Simmons | Kurt Russell | Cumberland, Maryland | Russell Brand | Ken Russell | Governor of Maryland | Frederick, Maryland | Maryland House of Delegates | Leon Russell | Hagerstown, Maryland | Emmitsburg, Maryland | Columbia, Maryland | Westminster, Maryland | Rosalind Russell | Laurel, Maryland | Howard County, Maryland | Havre de Grace, Maryland | University of Maryland, Baltimore | Russell Street | Russell Mulcahy | Nipsey Russell |
In exchange for the first overall draft pick of the 1991 NFL Draft (Russell Maryland), he was traded to the Patriots along with cornerback Ron Francis, linebacker David Howard, a 1991 first round pick (#11 Pat Harlow) and a 1991 second round pick (#41 Jerome Henderson).