Career: Four-time NCAA qualifier and three-time SoCon champ (2019, 2021, 2022) became first five-time SoCon finalist ... Went 94-47 in his App State career ... Won a match at NCAAs in both 2019 and 2021 (they weren’t held in 2020) ... Automatic NCAA qualifier in 2022 thanks to 7-4 decision against Chattanooga’s Brayden Palmer, who won the first two head-to-head matchups and took a 4-0 lead in the SoCon final ... Competed at 125 pounds in 2020-21 after qualifying for NCAAs at 133 pounds in 2020 and 2019 ... Career record of 29-5 in SoCon duals.

2021-22: SoCon champion and automatic qualifier at 133 pounds ... Trailed 4-0 in second period of SoCon final to Chattanooga’s Brayden Palmer before a reversal/near fall combo gave him a 6-4 lead in a 7-4 victory ... Won first four matches at Southern Scuffle before placing sixth in the event ... Had ranked wins in November against Jared Van Vleet of Air Force (8-3 decision) and Richie Koelher of Rider (9-4 decision) before adding a 9-5 decision against at-large NCAA qualifier Domenic Zaccone of Campbell ... Close losses in regular season to No. 11 Michael Colaiocco of Penn (7-4), No. 20 Joe Heilmann of UNC (4-3) and Palmer (2-1 in SoCon dual) … Participated in two matches at the NCAAs.
 
2020-21: SoCon champion and All-SoCon at 125 pounds … Clinched automatic NCAA Championships berth as the SoCon’s No. 1 seed, winning an 11-4 decision against Campbell’s Zurich Storm in the final … At the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, went 1-2 with an 8-6 decision against Virginia's Patrick McCormick in his second match … Ended the season with a 14-3 record (13-1 going to St. Louis) that included nine wins worthy of bonus points … Only loss prior to NCAAs was a decision against ACC runner-up and top-10 opponent Jakob Camacho of NC State … Won 4-3 against Chattanooga's Fabian Gutierrez (ranked top 25) by erasing a 3-2 deficit on a takedown with 53 seconds left and preventing a tying escape the rest of the way ... In the summer of 2020, won two matches at USA Wrestling's Senior Nationals in Iowa.
 
2019-20: Went 26-10 at 133 pounds and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships that were canceled by the coronavirus pandemic … Reached the SoCon Championship final for the second straight year and was the league’s runner-up behind a top-10 wrestler … With eight tech falls, tied for No. 8 nationally and No. 1 among wrestlers at 133 pounds … Seeded No. 29 for the NCAAs … Ranked No. 30 by the Coaches Panel following conference championship weekend and was No. 33 in the RPI before the SoCon Championship … Went 10-2 in duals and 5-2 in SoCon duals … Moving forward from preseason injury and procedure, bounced back to win 11 of his final 13 matches, with the only losses coming against Campbell’s Noah Gonser (No. 9 seed for NCAAs) … Reached the SoCon final with an 18-1 tech fall in the quarterfinal round and a 4-3 semifinal decision … Notable wins included victories against North Carolina's Jaime Hernandez (97 vs. No. 23 seed for NCAAs), Lock Haven's DJ Fehlman (5-3 vs. No. 30 seed for NCAAs) and previously ranked Anthony Cefolo of Rider (9-8).

2018-19: Automatic NCAA Championships qualifier thanks to his title at 133 pounds as the No. 2 seed during the SoCon Championship in Boone ... Went 22-12 with a 1-2 record at the NCAA Championships in Pittsburgh, where he was seeded 26th … Followed a first-round loss to Iowa’s Austin DeSanto with a second-period pin of Ohio’s Mario Guillen, then lost against Lock Haven’s DJ Fehlman. The pin against Guillen who had defeated Russell earlier in the season, was App State’s first win by fall at the NCAA Championships since 2016 … 9-4 in App State’s duals and 5-1 in SoCon duals ... Entering the NCAA Championships, was ranked No. 27 nationally by the NCAA Coaches’ Panel and No. 26 by the RPI ... Claimed a 9-4 decision against top-seeded and ranked opponent Noah Gonser of Campbell to win a title at the Southern Conference Championship in Boone. That followed a semifinal win by major decision and a quarterfinal win by technical fall ... Had wins in duals against Power Five conference opponents North Carolina and Oklahoma ... Second-place finisher at the Appalachian Open ... Went 2-1 against Campbell’s Gonser, who was ranked No. 15 during his dual win in Boone, but Russell won a 6-3 decision against him at the Hokie Open.

2017-18: Went 13-13 overall, including 6-1 in Southern Conference duals, as an App State newcomer … Southern Conference all-freshman team ... Southern Conference Tournament runner-up with an 18-1 technical fall, an 11-5 decision against the 2017 conference champion (Chattanooga’s Chris Debien) and a 5-4 loss to SIUE’s John Muldoon, who handed Russell his only league loss in another match decided by one point … Had important wins against Campbell (10-8 decision by sudden victory takedown against No. 25 Nathan Boston in App State’s 18-12 victory) and Chattanooga (pin in 4:12 against Debien in App State’s 18-16 victory) … Second place at the F&M Open and fourth place at the Hokie Open.

2016-17: Redshirt season as a college freshman who signed with NC State.

High School: Posted a career record of 220-15 … Was an NHSCA senior national champion at 120 pounds and eight-time All-American … Placed third at the NHSCA junior nationals … Finished fourth or higher at the state championships each year of high school … Was the Georgia state champion as a senior, runner-up as a junior, third as a sophomore and fourth as a freshman. ... Coached by Josh Stephen and Danny Sinnot ... Older brother, Sean, wrestles at Minnesota and was a 2017 All-American ... Father, George, wrestled at Gardner-Webb.

Personal: Full name is Codi Lee Russell ... Born Jan. 24, 1997.