Raven Avery Greene (born February 2, 1995) is an

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who is a free agent. He played college football at

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and signed with the Green Bay Packers as an

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in 2018.

Early years

Greene attended and played

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First Colonial High School First Colonial High School is a high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is a part of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 2,039 students enrolled in 2013-14 was: *Male - 48.7% *Female - 51.3% ...

College career

Greene played college football at

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. He played in 58 games, recording 154 tackles with 34 passes broken up and 14 interceptions.

Professional career

Green Bay Packers

On May 4, 2018, the Green Bay Packers signed Greene to a three-year, $1.71 million

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that includes a signing bonus of $3,500. Throughout training camp, Greene competed against Jermaine Whitehead to be the primary backup free safety behind starter

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. Head coach

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named Greene the third free safety on the Packers’ depth chart to begin the regular season, behind Clinton-Dix and Whitehead. Greene was inactive as a healthy scratch for the first two regular season games. On September 23, 2018, he made his professional regular season debut in a Week 3 loss to the

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. On October 30, 2018, the Packers traded Clinton-Dix to the Redskins. As a result, Greene became the primary backup free safety behind Whitehead. The Packers placed Greene on injured reserve on December 8, 2018 with an ankle injury. On September 16, 2019, Greene was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury. He was designated for return from injured reserve on January 2, 2020, and began practicing with the team again. He was activated on January 18, 2020 prior to the NFC Championship game. In Week 9 of the 2020 season against the

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on ''Thursday Night Football'', Greene recorded his first career interception off a pass thrown by

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during the 34–17 win. He was placed on injured reserve on December 9, 2020.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

On May 5, 2021, Greene signed with the

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. He was waived/injured on August 18, 2021 and placed on injured reserve. He was released on August 27.

NFL career statistics

References

External links

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Green Bay Packers bioJames Madison Dukes bio
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