Overview

Position: EDGE

College: Marshall

Class: Junior (RS)

Age: 21

 

Measurables

Height: 6’3 1/8”

Weight: 251 lbs.

Arm length: 32”

Hand size: 8 1/2″

 

Athletic testing

40-yard dash: N/A

10-yard split: N/A

Vertical jump: N/A

Broad jump: N/A

Bench press: 28 reps

3-cone drill: N/A

Short shuttle: N/A

 

Strengths

Excellent acceleration and speed. Exceptional overall fluidity and change-of-direction skills. Terrific dip move early in the rush. Very impressive dip around the corner. Outstanding balance and speed turning the corner on speed rushes. Inside move to outside spin is extremely effective. Instantly accelerates after spin moves. Very quick on inside moves. Closes on the quarterback in a hurry. Tremendous agility to take a path directly to the quarterback as a finisher. Agile and relentless tracking a scrambling quarterback. Able to dive/lunge for sacks versus escaping quarterbacks. Reliable and aggressive wrapping up. Very quick hands. Disengages when getting his hands on the outside shoulder of opponents. Extremely fast into the backfield. Able to win at the snap with quickness to disrupt things in the backfield. Aggressive crashing inside to play the run. Great instincts as a run defender playing traditional handoffs. Excellent quickness to slip across the face of offensive tackles. Shows power and a willingness to take on cross formation blocks on the edge. Aggressive pushing back tight ends in space. Ideal overall commitment as a run defender and shows intensity after stops. Mostly a stand-up rusher with experience playing both sides of the formation. Has rushed standing up over the center. Athletic and aware dropping in coverage.

 

Weaknesses

Average size and can get absorbed by bigger blockers. Lacks effective rip and swim moves and must develop his rush arsenal. Seems to lose coordination on speed rushes when trying moves other than dips. Speed rush can be more controlled when offensive tackles extend. Power rush is lacking. Allows blockers into his frame. Slower to disengage when blockers get their hands on him cleanly. Average impact strength and forward pop. Sometimes crashes too hard and leaves backside cuts available. Play recognition is lacking at the mesh point and versus misdirection. Needs to diagnose things better defending zone reads (but might be coaching). Want to see more all-out pursuit further away from the action. Can get driven back by double teams. Has faced multiple sexual assault allegations dating back to high school and transferred from Virginia following an accusation.

 

NFL comparison

Nolan Smith Jr.

 

Conclusion

Overall, Green is a fluid edge defender with highly impressive dip on the speed rush and an ability to finish. He almost certainly needs to expand his moves to win at the next level, though, and teams obviously need to check into the character.

 

Big Board ranking: #46 | Positional ranking: #8