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2010: Moved to cornerback two weeks before the 2010 season after spending freshman year as a running back ... Started all 13 games and was seventh on the team with 55 tackles ... Also had four PBUs, a half-TFL, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery on the season ... Had five tackles, including four solos, in Texas Bowl win over Baylor ... Posted a career-best 10 tackles, including six solos and a half-TFL against Minnesota ... Tallied two solo tackles and had first career fumble recovery at Michigan ... Had two solo tackles and his first career forced fumble in victory over Purdue ... Recorded eight tackles and two PBUs in victory over Northern Illinois ... Posted five tackles and one PBU and also returned first kick for 19 yards in win over Southern Illinois ... Started at cornerback in the season-opener against Missouri, tallying six tackles and registering one PBU ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2009: Played in all 12 games at running back and on special teams ... Rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries on the season ... Had a career-best eight carries for 25 yards and caught one pass for five yards against No. 5 Cincinnati ... Had a two-yard touchdown run in Illinois' win over Minnesota ... Rushed for 56 yards on seven carries against Illinois State, scoring his first career touchdown ... Made his college debut against Missouri with one carry and one reception.
High School: Ranked No. 82 on the Rivals.com top-100 list ... Ranked No. 83 on PrepStar's Dream Team ... Helped lead high school to the 6A semifinals in 2008 ... Recorded 155 carries for 1,069 yards, while also catching 18 passes for 272 yards in 2008 ... Scored 21 touchdowns as a senior ... Named to the EA Sports All-America team ... SuperPrep All-American ... Named first-team All-State by the Associated Press ... Ranked the top player in the state of Kentucky by ESPNU ... Posted 2,000 all-purpose yards and 30 touchdowns as a junior ... Rated the No. 1 player in the state of Kentucky by SuperPrep ... Listed as the 19th-best athlete in the nation by ESPNU ... Earned second-team All-America honors by MaxPreps ... Played in the U.S. Army All-American game ... A four-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Listed on the Mobile Press Register's Super Southeast 120 team ... Named to the Orlando Sentinel's All-Southern team ... Rated the ninth-best cornerback nationally by Rivals.com ... Ranked the 23rd-best cornerback by Scout.com ... Timed at a 4.4 40-yard dash ... Two-time Kentucky state champion in the 100 meters with a 10.6 performance ... Also won the 200-meter dash as a junior with a 22.0 mark ... High school coach was Bob Redman.
Personal: Born on Feb. 26, 1991 ... Son of William and Linda Green ... Majoring in sport management ... Brother, Marcus, played defensive line at Ohio State from 2002-05 ... Chose Illinois over Ohio State, Alabama, Kentucky and Clemson.
CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 10 vs. Minnesota, 11/13/10
Solos: 6 vs. Minnesota, 11/13/10
PBU: 2 vs. Northern Illinois, 9/18/10
TFL: 0.5 vs. Minnesota, 11/13/10
Carries: 8 at Cincinnati, 11/27/09
Rushing Yards: 56 vs. Illinois State, 9/12/09
Rushing TD: 1, twice (last time at Minnesota, 11/7/09)
Long Run: 22 vs. Illinois State, 9/12/09
Receptions: 1, 3x (last time at Cincinnati, 11/27/09)
Receiving Yards: 6 vs. Missouri, 9/5/09
Long Reception: 6 vs. Missouri, 9/5/09
Kickoff Returns: 1 vs. Southern Illinois, 9/11/10
Kickoff Return Yardage: 19 vs. Southern Illinois, 9/11/10
Long Kickoff Return: 19 vs. Southern Illinois, 9/11/10
Forced Fumble: 1 vs. Purdue, 10/30/10
Fumble Recovered: 1 at Michigan, 11/6/10
Green's Statistics:
Green's Game-By-Game Statistics
(updated 8/3/11)
