Louis Edward Green (born September 23, 1979) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
player. Green attended Jefferson County High School in
Fayette, Mississippi and was a letterman in football. A
linebacker
Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...
who played for the
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...
, he previously went to
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, ASU or Alcorn) is a public historically black land-grant university adjacent to Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States.
O ...
.
On February 19, 2007, the Broncos resigned Green to a 3-year, $2.5 million contract with a $300,000 signing bonus.
On June 16, 2009, he was released.
References
External links
Denver Broncos bio
1979 births
Living people
American football linebackers
Alcorn State Braves football players
Amsterdam Admirals players
Denver Broncos players
People from Vicksburg, Mississippi
Ed Block Courage Award recipients
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