Russ Bolinger

Russell Dean Bolinger (born September 10, 1954, in Wichita, Kansas, raised in Lompoc, California) is a former American football offensive lineman, actor, broadcaster, playwright, sports writer/Detroit Free Press and an NFL Football Scout. He played for nine seasons in the National Football League from 1976 to 1985 and in 1985 he played for the Memphis Showboats of the USFL. For the past 30 years he has worked as a recruiting coordinator for the University of Utah, an NFL scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars as an area scout, Detroit Lions as an assistant pro director, college area scout and scouting director, Washington Redskins as a national scout and St. Louis Rams as an area scout. He currently scouts for the Atlanta Falcons as a player personnel scout.