Chaz Green

Chaz Green
No. 79Dallas Cowboys
Position: Offensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: (1992-04-08) April 8, 1992
Place of birth: Tampa, Florida
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight: 315 lb (143 kg)
Career information
High school: Tampa (FL) Catholic
College: Florida
NFL Draft: 2015 / Round: 3 / Pick: 91
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • SEC All-Freshman team (2011)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2016
GP/GS: 4/2
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Chaz Green (born April 8, 1992) is an American football offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida.[1]

Early Years

After playing in Tampa Catholic High School, he was rated the No. 6 offensive lineman in the nation.[2]

College career

Green committed to the University of Florida over Ohio State, Georgia, Tennessee and USC as a 4-star recruit. He redshirted the 2010 NCAA football season, after dressing for 12 games but not recording a play.

In 2011, he started the first 8 games at right tackle before injuring his ankle and missing 4 games. Green earned Freshman All-American honors.[3]

As a sophomore he recorded 10 starts, but missed two games due to injury. He missed the entire 2013 season after suffering a torn labrum prior to the opener.[4] The next year he started 11 games, playing both right (9 games) and left tackle (2 games) positions.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 5 in 314 lb 5.16 s 1.78 s 2.98 s 4.70 s 8.00 s 29.5 in 8 ft 10 in 21 reps
All values from NFL Combine

Green was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (91st overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft, after dropping because of durability issues.[5] After injuring his hip during organized team activities, he had hip surgery on June 16, which caused him to miss all of training camp and start the season on the physically unable to perform list.[6] Although he was activated on December 3 from the PUP list, he was declared inactive in the last 5 games of the season.

References

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