Shayon Green

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Shayon T Green
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Position: Defensive line
Personal information
Born: (1991-07-09) July 9, 1991 (age 33)
Tifton, Georgia
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:264 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school: Tifton (GA) Tift County
College: Miami (FL)
Undrafted: 2014
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Stats at CFL.ca

Shayon Green (born July 9, 1991) is an American football player who plays as a Defensive line. He played college football at the University of Miami from 2009 to 2013. [1]

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Early years

Green attended Tift County High School in Tifton, Georgia. He was Rated No. 65 weakside defensive end prospect in nation by Rivals.com. As a junior, he played defensive end and had 60 tackles, 8 sacks and 1 interception. As a senior, he had 125 tackles, 2 sacks and 5 forced fumbles. Green committed to the University of Miami to play college football.

College career

Green played at Miami from 2009 to 2013. [1]

College Football Awards and honors

  • Captain's award (2013)
  • Melching leadership award (2013)
  • Defensive Most Valuable Player (2012)
  • ACC's Brian Piccolo AwardCo-Winner (2012)
Pro Day Measurable
HtWt40-yd dash20-yd split10-yd split20-ss3-coneVertBroadBP
6 ft 3 in2644.582.701.644.477.4929 1/209'01"34
All values from nfldraftscout.com

Professional career

Coming out of college, Green was considered a "Prospect Worth Watching" by Dane Brugler. [2] He was rated the 61 best defensive end out of the 162 available by NFLDraftScout.com. Although undrafted the Miami Dolphins agreed to sign him as a free agents in 2014. [3] He attended Miami's Pro Day on 04/03/2014 where he ran the 40 yard dash in 4.58, Vertical Jump 29.5, 225 Lb. Bench Reps 34, 3-Cone Drill 7.49, and Broad Jump 09'01". [4] Green was later signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday April 2, 2015 where he played throughout the preseason and recorded 11 tackles 10 solo and 1 force fumble. [5] Green was waived by the Steelers on September 5 [2] and was picked up by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2016, where he concluded the season with 22 tackles, 3 sacks and 1 interception. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Shayon Green Profile". University of Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Shayon Green | Miami (FL), DE : 2014 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". www.nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  3. "Shayon Green, LB, Free Agent" . Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  4. "Miami Pro Day results". tribunedigital-sunsentinel. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  5. "Shayon Green – LB for the Pittsburgh Steelers". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  6. "Shayon Green – CFL.ca". CFL.ca. Retrieved May 4, 2017.