 Just a surreal feeling. I've dreamed about this moment ever since I was a kid, and for it to come true, it's just an amazing feeling. NFL news. Former number one overall pick Jamarcus Russell was fired last fall as a volunteer assistant coach for his former high school football team. That's Williamson High in Mobile, Alabama. Now he faces a lawsuit alleging that he took a $74,000 check that was meant as a donation to the team for new weight room equipment.