Woody Green

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Position:

Running back

Personal information

Date of birth:

June 20, 1951

Place of birth:

Warren, Oregon

Career information

College:

Arizona State

NFL draft:

1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16

Career history

Kansas City Chiefs (1974–1976)

Career NFL statistics

Rushing att-yards:	375–1442
Receptions-yards:	58–562
Total Touchdowns:	11
Player stats at NFL.com

Woodrow Green, Jr. (born June 20, 1951) is a former American football running back who played for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. Green was drafted by the Chiefs in the first round of the 1974 NFL Draft.^[1] He is an alumnus of, set many rushing records, and was a first-team AP all-American while at Arizona State University. Green appeared on the front cover of the Sports Illustrated November 18, 1974 issue. His NFL career was shortened because of multiple knee injuries/surgeries.^[2]

College statistics

1971: 208 for 1,209 and 9 TD
1972: 209 for 1,363 and 15 TD, 9 catches for 115, consensus All-American
1973: 184 for 1,182 and 9 TD, 22 catches for 328 and 5 TD, consensus All-American, finished eight in Heisman Trophy voting

References

1972 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Bert Jones RB Otis Armstrong RB Woody Green RB Greg Pruitt WR Johnny Rodgers TE Charle Young OT Paul Seymour OT Jerry Sisemore G John Hannah G Ron Rusnak C Tom Brahaney

Defense	DL Bruce Bannon DL Dave Butz DL Rich Glover DL Willie Harper DL Greg Marx LB Randy Gradishar LB John Skorupan DB Cullen Bryant DB Randy Logan DB Robert Popelka DB Brad Van Pelt

1973 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB David Jaynes RB John Cappelletti RB Woody Green RB Kermit Johnson WR Lynn Swann TE Bennie Cunningham OT John Hicks OT Booker Brown G Buddy Brown G Bill Yoest C Bill Wyman

Defense	DL Tony Cristiani DL John Dutton DL Dave Gallagher DL Lucious Selmon LB Randy Gradishar LB Rod Shoate LB Richard Wood DB Dave Brown DB Artimus Parker DB Randy Rhino DB Mike Townsend

1974 NFL draft first-round selections

Ed "Too Tall" Jones Bo Matthews John Hicks Waymond Bryant John Dutton Carl Barzilauskas J. V. Cain Ed O'Neil Wilbur Jackson Bill Sandifer John Cappelletti Barty Smith Rick Middleton Randy Gradishar Don Goode Woody Green Fred McNeill Reuben Gant Henry Lawrence Dave Gallagher Lynn Swann Charley Young Bill Kollar Roger Carr Steve Riley Donald Reese

Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks

Haynes Holub Bull Buchanan E. Budde Beathard Sayers Brown Trosch Moorman Daney Marsalis Smith Wright Kinney W. Green Walters G. Green Still Bell Fuller B. Budde Scott Hancock Blackledge Maas Alt Horton Jozwiak Palmer Smith Thomas Snow Williams Carter Hill Jenkins Woods Gonzalez Riley Tait Morris Sims L. Johnson D. Johnson Hali Bowe Dorsey Albert Jackson Berry Baldwin Poe Fisher Ford Peters

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