Raven Greene
American football player (born 1995)
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Raven Avery Greene (born February 2, 1995) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the James Madison Dukes and signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2018.[1]
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.
Greene with the Green Bay Packers in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Safety | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 2, 1995 Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 197 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | First Colonial (Virginia Beach) | ||||||||||||||
| College | James Madison | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2018: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
Greene attended and played high school football at First Colonial High School.[2]
College career
Greene played college football at James Madison University.[3] He played in 58 games, recording 154 tackles with 34 passes broken up and 14 interceptions.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 5 ft 11+1⁄8 in (1.81 m) | 197 lb (89 kg) | 31+1⁄8 in (0.79 m) | 9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) | 4.51 s | 1.57 s | 2.62 s | 4.41 s | 7.08 s | 34.0 in (0.86 m) | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | 14 reps | |
| All values from James Madison's Pro Day[4] | ||||||||||||
Green Bay Packers
On May 4, 2018, the Green Bay Packers signed Greene to a three-year, $1.71 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $3,500.[5][6]
Throughout training camp, Greene competed against Jermaine Whitehead to be the primary backup free safety behind starter Ha Ha Clinton-Dix.[7] Head coach Mike McCarthy named Greene the third free safety on the Packers’ depth chart to begin the regular season, behind Clinton-Dix and Whitehead.[8]
Greene was inactive as a healthy scratch for the first two regular season games. On September 23, 2018, he made his professional regular season debut in a Week 3 loss to the Washington Redskins. On October 30, 2018, the Packers traded Clinton-Dix to the Redskins.[9] As a result, Greene became the primary backup free safety behind Whitehead. The Packers placed Greene on injured reserve on December 8, 2018, with an ankle injury.[10]
On September 16, 2019, Greene was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury.[11] He was designated for return from injured reserve on January 2, 2020, and began practicing with the team again.[12] He was activated on January 18, 2020, prior to the National Football Conference Championship game.[13]
In Week 9 of the 2020 season against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday Night Football, Greene recorded his first career interception off a pass thrown by Nick Mullens during the 34–17 win.[14] He was placed on injured reserve on December 9, 2020.[15]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On May 5, 2021, Greene signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[16] He was waived/injured on August 18, 2021, and placed on injured reserve.[17] He was released on August 27.[18]
