Derrick Green (American football)
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.jpg) Green in 2015 | |
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| Position | Running back |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 21, 1994 |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Hermitage (Henrico, Virginia) |
| College | TCU Michigan |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Derrick Shaqueill Green (born February 21, 1994) is an American former football running back. He was rated by Rivals.com and Scout.com as the No. 1 running back in the country and by Rivals.com as the No. 8 overall player in the Class of 2013. He played for the Michigan Wolverines football football team from 2013 to 2015, amassing 898 yards and scoring seven touchdowns on 212 carries. In January 2016, the University of Michigan granted Green a transfer release, enabling him to continue his football career at another institution following his graduation in spring 2016.
Green was born in February 1994 and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He played high school football at Hermitage High School. He began his football career as a "chunky high school freshman" and a 268-pound, 5 foot, 8 inch lineman. Over the next two years, he shed more than 50 pounds working on his diet along with his parents, Chris and Fran Green. By his junior year in 2011, Green had become one of the leading running backs in the country, rushing for over 1,500 yards and 20 touchdowns.[1] Interviewed by ESPN in May 2012, Green described his running style as follows:
"I was always downhill. If you look at my film, I'm not really a bounce guy. I'm a one-cut-and-go, real straight, north-south runner and I have the speed to kick it up in sixth gear. All that bouncing and shaking, I wouldn't say that was me. If you're in the way, I'm going to blow you up. I'm not going to try to shake you. At my school, they call me 'The Freight Train.' I like that a lot. I'm going to run you over and let you know I'm here. I'm coming."[1]
As a senior, he rushed for 1,350 yards and 21 touchdowns.[2]
Recruiting
Green was one of the most highly recruited players in the Class of 2013 – the group of players graduating high school and entering college in the year 2013. Green was rated by Rivals.com and Scout.com as the No. 1 running back in the country and by Rivals.com as the No. 8 overall player in the Class of 2013.[3][4] Rival.com recruiting analyst Josh Helmholt described Green as "a downhill runner, a between-the-tackles guy."[3]
In July 2012, Green attended The Opening (Nike Combine) in Beaverton, Oregon. By that time, he had received scholarship offers from 40 universities and had narrowed his list to 13 schools: Tennessee, Michigan, Oregon, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Auburn, Clemson, Alabama, Miami, Pitt, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.[5]
In mid-January 2013, Green announced that he had narrowed his choice to three schools – Auburn, Michigan and Tennessee.[6][7] When Green called a press conference in late January 2013, it was web cast live by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.[8] At the press conference, Green announced that he had verbally committed to play for the University of Michigan. He initially reached for a Michigan hat, then a Tennessee hat, and finally flipped a switch which prompted a screen to reveal a Michigan Wolverines football jersey.[9]