A.J. Green
Green with the Cincinnati Bengals
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| No. 18 Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 31, 1988 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Summerville, South Carolina | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Summerville (SC) | ||||||||
| College: | Georgia | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||
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| Receptions: | 481 |
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| Receiving yards: | 7,135 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 49 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Adriel Jeremiah "A. J." Green (born July 31, 1988) is an American football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Georgia, and was drafted by the Bengals fourth overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
In his first season with the Bengals, Green made the 2012 Pro Bowl, the first rookie receiver to make a Pro Bowl appearance since Anquan Boldin in 2003. From 2011 to 2013, Green caught more passes (260) than any other player in NFL history during their first three seasons, though this was later broken by Odell Beckham Jr.
A.J. Green is the son of Woodrow and Dora Green; Woodrow was a steel worker and truck driver and Dora, a clerk at a Wal-Mart. When A.J. was age 4, his only sibling, older brother Avionce, died in a car wreck on the way to a school carnival; the wreck also left their aunt paralyzed. Green was on his elementary school's juggling team, telling The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he learned to juggle as early as second grade. Green said he could juggle as many as four items at once, and that the ability helped the development of his hand-eye coordination.
Green attended Summerville High School, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track. He played as a wide receiver for the Summerville Green Wave high school football team, under coach John McKissick. He was widely considered to be one of the top national football prospects of the 2008 high school class, and was listed #1 by Sports Illustrated. Green earned All-State honors four times and was the only junior nominated to the 2006 USA Today All-American first team following 75 receptions for 1,422 yards and 16 touchdowns during his sophomore season. Green was also selected as a member of the Rivals.com Junior All-America team based on those stats. As a freshman, he had 57 receptions for 1,217 yards and eight touchdowns. As a junior, he had 60 catches for 1,203 yards and 14 touchdowns.
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