Jacob Green (football player)
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Position (s): Defensive End |
Jersey numbers: 79, 76 |
| born on January 21, 1957 in Pasadena , Texas | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1980 - 1992 | |
| NFL Draft : 1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | |
| College : Texas A&M | |
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| Sacks | 116 |
| conquered Fumbles | 17 for 2 TDs |
| Interceptions | 3 for 2 Tds |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Jacob Carl Green (* 21st January 1957 in Pasadena , Texas ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of the defensive ends . He played thirteen years in the National Football League (NFL), twelve of them for the Seattle Seahawks .
college
Green played college football for Texas A&M University , where he was voted All-American in 1978 and 1979 . His 20 sacks , which he scored in 1979, are to date (2014) a record for the Texas A&M Aggies . In a 1979 game against Baylor University , he scored four sacks and 22 tackles .
NFL
Jacob Green was selected in the first round of the 1980 NFL Draft as the tenth player by the Seattle Seahawks . Green then played for the Seahawks until 1991 and came up with 116 sacks (18.5 of them before sacks became an official statistic of the NFL), 17 conquered fumbles and three interceptions and scored four touchdowns from these 20 turnovers . He was elected twice to the Pro Bowl and was inducted into the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor in 1995. With his 116 sacks, he set a record for the Seahawks and, after retiring from active sport, was third in the NFL behind Reggie White and Lawrence Taylor .
Private
Green married his high school girlfriend, Janet, and they have three daughters. His daughter Janelle played soccer at Texas A&M University and married a player on the football team, Red Bryant , who was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2008 NFL Draft . His son-in-law also played as defensive end with the number 79 for the Seahawks and won Super Bowl XLVIII with them before moving to the Jacksonville Jaguars .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jacob Green named Texas A&M SEC Football Legend. Jacob Green will be honored at the 2014 SEC Football Championship weekend in Atlanta. (No longer available online.) In: seahawks.com. Seattle Seahawks, October 16, 2014, archived from the original on February 12, 2015 ; accessed on February 12, 2015 (English): "He earned All-America honors in 1978 and 1979 and established the school record for sacks in a season with 20 in 1979, a record that still stands." Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Paul Schwartz: Bryant's Seahawks headed to game wife's father never reached. Red Bryant will be playing in the Super Bowl for the Seahawks, a place his father-in-law, Jacob Green, never reached with Seattle. In: nypost.com. New York Post, February 2, 2014, accessed on February 12, 2015 : "He spent the first 12 of his 13-year NFL career in Seattle, amassing 97 ½ sacks - but he really collected 116 sacks, notching 18 ½ in his first three years, before sacks became an official stat in 1982. "
- ↑ Terry Blount: Seahawks' No. 6 all-time players. In: espn.go.com. ESPN, July 1, 2014, accessed on February 12, 2015 (English): "Two-time Pro Bowl selection in 1986-87 ... Inducted into the Seahawks Ring of Honor in 1995 ... No. 1 in career sacks with 116, forced fumbles with 28 and fumble recoveries with 17 "
- ^ Jacob Green named Texas A&M SEC Football Legend. Jacob Green will be honored at the 2014 SEC Football Championship weekend in Atlanta. (No longer available online.) In: seahawks.com. Seattle Seahawks, October 16, 2014, archived from the original on February 12, 2015 ; accessed on February 12, 2015 (English): "Janelle is a former player for the Aggie soccer team and she married Aggie defensive line standout Joseph" Red "Bryant. Bryant wore the same No. 79 in Seattle and was a team captain last year on the Seahawks' Super Bowl Championship squad. Bryant is currently on the Jacksonville Jaguars roster. " Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Green, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Green, Jacob Carl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasadena , Texas , United States |