Darian Green

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Position:
Running Back
Ht./Wt.:
5-8 / 185
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lafayette, Ind.
Prev School:
Jefferson HS
High School:
Jefferson
Major:
Sport Administration

Awards and Honors:
MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 2, 2015)

2017 (Sr.): Sat out the season with an injury … took a redshirt season.

2016 (Jr.): Played in eight contests with four starts at running back … also used on kick returns … battled injuries the second half of the season … only played in three of the final seven games … ranked third on the team in rushing attempts and fourth in receptions … finished with season highs in carries (13) and rushing yards (93) in the season opener at Georgia State … notched 93 all-purpose yards in the win at Florida Atlantic on Sept. 24 … totaled five rushes and five receptions at Toledo on Nov. 16.

2015 (So.): One of five players to start all 12 games … led the team with 730 rushing yards … tied a school single-game record with four touchdowns in the season opener against VMI … his 267 all-purpose yards against VMI were the second most by a MAC player in 2015 … ran for a personal-high 164 yards in the win at Eastern Michigan on Sept. 19 … rattled off a career-best 47-yard rush on Ball State’s first play against Texas A&M on Sept. 12 … ranked second in the league in kickoff return average at 25.7 yards … returned the second half kickoff 85 yards against UMass on Oct. 31 to set up a Cardinals touchdown … notched a 52-yard kickoff return to open the second half against Bowling Green on Nov. 24.

2014 (Fr.): Played in 12 games to earn first letter … tallied season highs in carries (7) and rushing yards (35) in his collegiate debut against Colgate … twice caught a season-high three passes – versus Eastern Michigan and at Bowling Green … finished with a season-best 56 receiving yards versus Eastern Michigan.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in football for coach Andy Kennedy at Lafayette Jefferson High … All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference all four seasons … three-time Lafayette Jefferson Most Valuable Player … Indiana Football Coach Association Class 6A all-state as a senior … team captain as a senior … rushed for 1,394 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior … rushed for 1,015 yards and three scores as a senior despite only playing eight games due to an ankle injury … also lettered two seasons in basketball and one year in track … part of the 400-meter relay team that won the Indiana High School Athletic Association state championship in 2013.

PERSONAL: Son of Calvin and Gloria Green … born April 17, 1995, in Indianapolis … three brothers and one sister … brother, Cantrell, ran track at Vincennes University … full name is Darian Isaiah Green.