Garrett Greene

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Garrett Greene
West Virginia MountaineersNo. 6
Position Quarterback
Class
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Redshirt
Junior
Major Sport Management
Personal information
Born: Tallahassee, Florida
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight202 lb (92 kg)
Career history
College
High school Chiles (Leon County, Florida)

Garrett Greene is an American football quarterback for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

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Early years

Greene was born in Tallahassee, Florida and attended Chiles High School. In his high school career he passed for 2,917 yards and 25 touchdowns, while also rushing for 2,660 yards and 31 touchdowns. [1] Greene would decide to commit to play college football at West Virginia University over other schools such as Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and TCU. [2] [3]

College career

In Greene's first career season in 2020, he completed three of his four passes for 24 yards, while also rushing six times for 40 yards. [4] In week one of the 2021 season, Greene had a breakout game where he threw for 57 yards, and also rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns, as he helped the Mountaineers beat LIU 66-0. [5] Greene finished the 2021 season completing 16 of his 26 passes for 147 yards, while also rushing for 297 yards and four touchdowns, on 48 carries. [6] In week eleven, after starting quarterback JT Daniels was benched late in the first quarter, Greene came into replace him where he completed 12 of his 22 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 119 yards and two touchdowns, including a big first down at Oklahoma's 17 yard line on 3rd and six to helped the Mountaineers kick a game winning field goal to beat Oklahoma 23-20. [7] [8] In the following week, West Virginia would announce that Greene would get his first career start. [9] In his first start he completed 15 of his 27 passes for 204 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions, while also rushing for a touchdown, but West Virginia would fall to Kansas State 48-31 in a shootout. [10] [11] Greene finished the 2022 season completing 43 of his 78 passing attempts for 493 yards and five touchdowns to three interceptions. Greene would also rush for 276 yards and five touchdowns, while also hauling in four receptions for 32 yards. [12] In week two of the 2023 season, Greene had a breakout game completing ten of his passes for 240 yards and four touchdowns, as he helped the Mountaineers beat Duquesne. [13]

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