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American football player

Garrett Greene
Greene in 2024
West Virginia Mountaineers – No. 6
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Senior
MajorSport Management
Personal information
Born: (2001-10-01) October 1, 2001 (age 23)
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight201 lb (91 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolChiles (Leon County, Florida)

Garrett Greene (born October 1, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Early years

Greene was born in Tallahassee, Florida and attended Chiles High School. In his high school career he passed for 2,917 yards and 25 touchdowns, while also rushing for 2,660 yards and 31 touchdowns. Greene would decide to commit to play college football at West Virginia University over other schools such as Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and TCU.

College career

In Greene's first career season in 2020, he completed three of his four passes for 24 yards, while also rushing six times for 40 yards. In week one of the 2021 season, Greene had a breakout game where he threw for 57 yards, and also rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns, as he helped the Mountaineers beat LIU 66-0. Greene finished the 2021 season completing 16 of his 26 passes for 147 yards, while also rushing for 297 yards and four touchdowns, on 48 carries. In week eleven, after starting quarterback JT Daniels was benched late in the first quarter, Greene came into replace him where he completed 12 of his 22 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 119 yards and two touchdowns, including a big first down at Oklahoma's 17 yard line on 3rd and six to helped the Mountaineers kick a game winning field goal to beat Oklahoma 23-20. In the following week, West Virginia would announce that Greene would get his first career start. In his first start he completed 15 of his 27 passes for 204 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions, while also rushing for a touchdown, but West Virginia would fall to Kansas State 48-31 in a shootout. Greene finished the 2022 season completing 43 of his 78 passing attempts for 493 yards and five touchdowns to three interceptions. Greene would also rush for 276 yards and five touchdowns, while also hauling in four receptions for 32 yards. In week two of the 2023 season, Greene had a breakout game completing ten of his passes for 240 yards and four touchdowns, as he helped the Mountaineers beat Duquesne.

Statistics

Season Games Passing Rushing
GP GS Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TD
West Virginia Mountaineers
2020 2 0 0–0 3 4 75.0 24 6.0 0 0 125.4 6 40 6.7 0
2021 11 0 0–0 16 26 61.5 147 5.7 0 0 109.0 47 306 6.5 4
2022 9 2 1–1 43 78 55.1 493 6.3 5 3 121.7 45 276 6.1 5
2023 12 12 8–4 147 277 53.1 2,406 8.7 16 4 142.2 120 772 6.4 13
2024 10 10 4–6 160 275 58.2 1,972 7.2 13 11 126.0 126 638 5.1 5
Career 44 24 13–11 369 660 55.9 5,042 7.6 34 18 131.6 344 2,032 5.9 27

References

  1. @RyanDecker_ (December 27, 2023). "Mayo Bowl MVP Garrett Greene, plus Beanie Bishop & Lee Kpogba standing up front" (Tweet). Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. "Garrett Greene". West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  3. Alex, Hickey (March 7, 2019). "Florida quarterback becomes second West Virginia Class of 2020 commit". WV Metro News. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  4. Taylor, G. Allen (December 16, 2019). "Riled up: Why West Virginia QB recruit Garrett Greene plays with an unrelenting edge". The Athletic. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  5. "Garrett Greene 2020 Game Logs". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  6. Raby, John. "Young WVU QB thrives, status unknown vs No. 15 Virginia Tech". AP News. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  7. "Garrett Greene 2021 Game Logs". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  8. Martinez, Justin (November 13, 2022). "'He played inspired': OU struggles to contain Garrett Greene in loss to West Virginia". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  9. "Greene shines in relief, Legg's FG lifts WVU over Oklahoma". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  10. Thamel, Pete. "Sources: West Virginia to start Garrett Greene at QB". ESPN. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  11. Hunter, Greg. "WVU football: Greene bounced back after shaky start vs. Kansas State". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  12. Green, Arne (November 19, 2022). "Recap: Kansas State football beats West Virginia, 48-31, moves to 8-3 overall". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  13. "Garrett Greene 2022 Game Logs". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  14. "Garrett Greene tosses 4 TDs as West Virginia routs Duquesne". Albany Herald. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  15. "Garrett Greene College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 5, 2024.

External links

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