A.J. Green
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Adriel Jasmear “A.J.” Green is an American football wide receiver. He is currently a junior at Summerville High School in Summerville, South Carolina, where he is playing under legendary coach John McKissick. Green is widely considered to be the top football prospect of the 2008 high school class.[1][2] Standing 6-4 and 190 lb. He has earned All-State honors twice and was named by EA Sports the nation's top sophomore player after catching 75 passes for 1,422 yards and 16 touchdowns in the 2006 season. He hauled in 57 passes for 1,217 yards and eight touchdowns as a freshman. In his junior season, Green caught 60 passes for 1,203 yards and 14 touchdowns. Green was the only junior nominated to the 2006 USA Today All-American first team. He was also a member of the Rivals.com Junior All-America team.[3]
Green was profiled by Sports Illustrated as part of its “Where Will They Be?” stories on potential future professional greats, alongside John Tavares and others.[4] Sports Illustrated compared him to the Oakland Raiders wideout Randy Moss and predicted Green will be in the NFL by 2011. Green was the first freshman ever to be interviewed by recruiting analyst Tom Lemming for his Prep Football Report.[citation needed] In July of 2006 Green verbally committed to the University of Georgia.[5] In February 2007, a rumor appeared on a South Carolina sports website that Green is no longer firmly committed to attending Georgia.[6] Green has made no public statement renouncing his previously stated plans to attend Georgia.
[edit] References
- ^ Green headlines top 10 football players in Class of '08
- ^ Who's Got Next?
- ^ Rivals.com Junior All-America Team
- ^ Where Will They Be?
- ^ Georgia lands top wide receiver
- ^ Green Not Firm With Georgia Commitment
