Ahman Green

Ahman Rashad Green (born February 16, 1977) is an American former football running back who played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

He was a major contributor during Nebraska's 1995 championship run. He rushed for 1,086 yards (still the school's single-season freshman rushing record) and 13 touchdowns on 141 carries (7.7 avg.) and was honored as a freshman All-America selection by Football News.

In addition, he earned Big Eight all-conference and 'Freshman of the Year' honors.

As a sophomore in 1996, Green compiled a team-leading 917 yards on 155 carries and seven touchdowns, despite a turf toe injury.

Green had a career-high 214 yards against Iowa State University that season.

As a junior, Green garnered All-Big 12 Conference recognition and was named second-team All-America by the Associated Press and The Sporting News as Nebraska again captured the national championship.

In the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, he rushed for 68 yards and one touchdown.

In the 1996 Orange Bowl (played at the end of the year), he rushed for 52 yards, and in the 1998 Orange Bowl, he rushed for 206 yards and two touchdowns.

He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, earning second-team All-American honors in 1997.

He was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, the annual honor for college football's top running back, in 1997.

During that campaign he carried the ball 278 times for 1,877 yards (6.8 avg.) and 22 touchdowns (a school record for juniors).

He posted 12 consecutive 100-yard games, including three contests with over 200 yards (he also had 99 yards on nine carries in the opener against Akron).

During his collegiate career, Green compiled 3,880 rushing yards and 42 touchdowns, both totals good for second place on the Cornhuskers' all-time list.

He also posted 300 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 35 catches.

Green was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft, playing there for two seasons before being traded to the Green Bay Packers, with whom he played for eight of the next ten seasons.

Green also played for the Houston Texans, and was a four-time Pro Bowl selection with the Packers, where he holds the franchise record for rushing yards.

He was the head esports coach at Lakeland University until the end of 2022.

Green was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and attended Omaha North before transferring to Omaha Central for high school.

He was a high school All-American selection and state 'Player of the Year' as a senior.

In addition to football, he also ran track and field.

One of Green's best collegiate performances came on January 2, 1998, in the Orange Bowl.

He rushed for an Orange Bowl record 206 yards and two touchdowns in Nebraska's 42–17 victory over #3 Tennessee, breaking the previous 20-year-old record of 205 yards held by Arkansas running back Roland Sales.

Green was also named the 1998 Orange Bowl MVP.

The performance marked the Cornhuskers' record-setting third national championship in four years.

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Green was drafted in the third round (76th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks.

Although Green produced a high rushing average (6.0 in 1998 and 4.6 in 1999) he had difficulty earning significant playing time behind established veteran Ricky Watters.

In 2000, Green was traded along with a fifth round draft pick to the Green Bay Packers for Fred Vinson and a sixth round pick.

From the time he joined the Packers in 2000 up through the end of the 2004 season, Green gained more yards from scrimmage (9,036) and rushing yards (6,848) than any other NFL player.

He was selected to the NFL Pro Bowl from 2001 to 2004 and broke several franchise records.

Green's highest rushing touchdown per game total came in 2002, when he scored three in a 30-9 win versus the then-Washington Redskins.

In 2003, he had his best year as a professional and set the Green Bay franchise record by running for 1,883 yards in the regular season, and three of his highest rushing yardage games came that season (218, 192, 176).

That year, he became the first and only player in NFL history to record at least 1,850 rushing yards, average 5.0 yards per carry, score 20 touchdowns and catch 50 passes in one season.

He currently holds the 10th fastest 100 meter dash ever in the state of Nebraska, at 10.61 seconds.

Green also competed in powerlifting in high school, placing 2nd in the ADFPA High School National Powerlifting Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.

Green was a standout running back and three-year starter for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers.

He was an integral component and key contributor on two national championship squads.

As a freshman, Green was perhaps overshadowed by his backfield mates running back Lawrence Phillips and quarterback Tommie Frazier.

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Green played in a bowl game each season he was at Nebraska.