Taylen Green

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Taylen Green
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Green with the Boise State Broncos in 2023
Arkansas RazorbacksNo. 10
Position Quarterback
Class
Redshirt Redshirt.svg
Redshirt
Sophomore
Personal information
Born: (2002-10-18) October 18, 2002 (age 21) [1]
Lewisville, Texas, U.S.
Height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career history
College
High school Lewisville (Lewisville, Texas)
Career highlights and awards
  • MWC Freshman of the Year (2022)
  • 2022 MWC Mountain Division champions
  • 2022 Frisco Bowl Offensive MVP
  • 2023 MWC champions
  • 2023 Mountain West Conference championship game MVP

Taylen Green (born October 18, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks. He previously played for the Boise State Broncos.

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High school career

Green attended Lewisville High School in Lewisville, Texas. As a junior, he passed for 2,217 yards and 25 touchdowns. [2] He committed to Boise State University to play college football. [3]

College career

Boise State

Green played in two games as a backup to Hank Bachmeier his first year at Boise State in 2021. [4] He started 2022 as the backup to Bachmeier, before becoming the starter. [5] [6] [7] [8] In his first career start, he passed for 48 yards but rushed for 105 with two touchdowns. [9] Green led Boise State to the 2023 MWC championship, and was named the MWC championship game MVP. He entered the transfer portal on December 4, 2023. [10]

Arkansas

On December 11, 2023, Green announced he was transferring to Arkansas. [11]

College statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Boise State Broncos
2021 200–0000.000.0000.0520.40
2022 13108–216627161.32,0427.5146137.2815867.210
2023 1385–312121257.11,7526.8119135.1784364.79
Arkansas Razorbacks
2024 000–0000.000000.00000
Career 281813−528748359.237947.12515136.115910225.919

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References

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  6. He has ‘an arm on him’: Taylen Green keeps Boise State in control of Mountain West race
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  9. In runaway win, Boise State finds offensive ‘rhythm’ for beatdown of San Diego State
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  11. https://twitter.com/taylengreen17/status/1734287435163689089