{{short description|Basketball player}} {{Update|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Russell Byrd | image = | image_size = | caption = Byrd playing for Craiova | position = Point guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lbs = 205 | league = | team = | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|4}} | birth_place = Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | high_school = Blackhawk Christian School <br>(Fort Wayne, Indiana) | college = Michigan State (2010–2014) | draft_year = 2015 | career_start = 2015 | career_end = 2020 | years1 = 2015–2016 | team1 = Fundación Lucentum | years2 = 2016–2017 | team2 = Moncton Magic | years3 = 2017–2018 | team3 = St. John's Edge | years4 = 2017–2018 | team4 = KW Titans | years5 = 2018–2019 | team5 = Island Storm | years6 = 2019–2020 | team6 = SCM U Craiova | highlights = }} '''Russell Byrd''' (born March 4, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Michigan State.
==College career== On May 21, 2014 Byrd announced he would transfer from Michigan State to Master's College in California.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dauster|first1=Rob|title=Russell Byrd transferring to NAIA The Master's College|url=https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2014/05/21/russell-byrd-transferring-to-naia-the-masters-college/|accessdate=July 26, 2018|work=NBC Sports|date= May 21, 2014}}</ref>
==Professional career== On January 18, 2018 Byrd was traded to the St. John's Edge.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sjnbl.prestosports.com/general/Byrd|title=Edge acquires Russell Byrd, Trade Jarion Henry|newspaper=NBL Canada|date=January 18, 2018|accessdate= July 26, 2018}}</ref>
On July 23, 2018, Byrd signed a two-year contract with the Island Storm. It was the first multi-year deal in franchise history.<ref name="storm">{{cite web |last1=Becker |first1=Thomas |title=Storm ink first-ever multiyear contract with guard Russell Byrd |url=http://www.islandstorm.ca/p/14647/nr/100317/storm-ink-first-ever-multiyear-contract-with-guard-russell-byrd |accessdate=August 5, 2018 |date=July 23, 2018}}</ref>
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