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2017 Football Roster
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Green, A.J.

Jersey Number 4
A.J. Green
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- DeSoto, TX
- High School:
- DeSoto
Bio
2017 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
2017 Barry Sanders Award (Most Contribution with the Least Recognition)
2018 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2019 Second-Team All-Big 12 (AP)
2019 Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist
2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2019 Team Captain as voted by teammates
2019 Vernon Grant Award for outstanding leadership, spirit and enthusiasm
A battle-tested performer who started every game since the beginning of his sophomore season and turned in strong showings against some of the Big 12’s best wideouts.
2019 (Senior): A semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is presented to the nation’s top defensive back ... Second-team All-Big 12 honoree as voted by the Associated Press ... A team captain as voted by his teammates ... Honored by the OSU coaches with the Vernon Grant Award for outstanding leadership, spirit and enthusiasm ... Started all 13 games ... Played an important role in limiting Oklahoma All-American CeeDee Lamb to only four catches for 36 yards ... Lamb entered the contest averaging 21.7 yards per reception and 99.9 receiving yards per game ... Green’s season totals included 49 tackles, an interception and five pass breakups ... Showed his ability with the ball in his hands when he returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown less than one minute into the win over McNeese ... Logged a career-high nine tackles as part of the Cowboys’ 34-27 win at No. 23 Iowa State ... Had seven tackles against Oregon State and six tackles against both Tulsa and Texas Tech ... Credited with two pass breakups against Baylor ... Served as a game captain against Oregon State, Tulsa and Texas ... Was a leading performer on an Oklahoma State defense that made significant improvement from the previous season ... In 2018, the Cowboys allowed an average of 32.5 points and 452.5 yards per game, but in 2019, those numbers improved to 26.8 points per game and 412.3 yards per game ... The Cowboys of 2019 held each of their final six opponents below their season scoring average.
2018 (Junior): Earned second-team All-Big 12 honors as voted by the league’s coaches ... Consistently matched up against some of the best receivers in the Big 12 and ranked among the conference leaders in passes broken up with 11 ... Had an interception against Texas Tech ... Posted 49 tackles (39 solo) ... Perhaps his two best performances of the year came against two of the top receivers he faced - Texas’s Collin Johnson and West Virginia’s David Sills V ... Against Texas, he limited Johnson to five receptions on 13 targets with two passes broken up and against West Virginia, he held Sills to four receptions on 11 targets with three passes broken up, including a PBU in the end zone on the final play of the game to preserve OSU’s win over the seventh-ranked Mountaineers ... Had two tackles, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the Cowboys’ Liberty Bowl win over No. 23 Missouri ... Broke up two passes against TCU and Missouri State and one against Baylor ... Matched a career high with six tackles against Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech ... Served as a game captain against Kansas and Baylor.
2017 (Sophomore): Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors and was recognized by the Oklahoma State coaches with the Barry Sanders Award for making the greatest contribution to the team with the least recognition ... An everyday starter at cornerback who led the team and tied for second in the Big 12 with four interceptions ...His interception in the back corner of the end zone in the final seconds clinched Oklahoma State’s road win over No. 24 Iowa State and was one of the team’s signature moments of the season ... Recorded 47 tackles, including 40 solo stops ... Tallied an interception in three straight games, beginning with a career-high two picks at West Virginia on October 28 ... One of just five players in the Big 12 to record multiple interceptions in a game ... Broke up five passes on the year, including a career-high two at West Virginia ... Racked up a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss against TCU ... Tallied at least five tackles on seven occasions ... Logged 4.5 tackles for loss ... Credited with a forced fumble vs. TCU.
2016 (Freshman): Saw action in nine games for the Cowboys, including each of the final eight contests. Notched a pair of tackles in the Cowboys’ win over No. 10 Colorado in the Alamo Bowl.
High School: Played for coach Todd Peterman at DeSoto … A first team all-district selection as a sophomore and a senior … An honorable mention to the all-state team as a senior and named one of his team’s MVPs … An honorable mention to the academic all-state team … Also a talented basketball player.
Personal: Alvin J. Green was born June 9, 1998, in Dallas, Texas … Son of Nissaa Muhammad and Alvin Green … Part of an athletic family with four cousins playing high-level sports: Alex Harding plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, Marcus Harden plays for Georgia’s football team, David Harden plays for the Memphis football team and Briana Holman plays for Nebraska’s volleyball team.
2017 Barry Sanders Award (Most Contribution with the Least Recognition)
2018 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2019 Second-Team All-Big 12 (AP)
2019 Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist
2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2019 Team Captain as voted by teammates
2019 Vernon Grant Award for outstanding leadership, spirit and enthusiasm
A battle-tested performer who started every game since the beginning of his sophomore season and turned in strong showings against some of the Big 12’s best wideouts.
2019 (Senior): A semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is presented to the nation’s top defensive back ... Second-team All-Big 12 honoree as voted by the Associated Press ... A team captain as voted by his teammates ... Honored by the OSU coaches with the Vernon Grant Award for outstanding leadership, spirit and enthusiasm ... Started all 13 games ... Played an important role in limiting Oklahoma All-American CeeDee Lamb to only four catches for 36 yards ... Lamb entered the contest averaging 21.7 yards per reception and 99.9 receiving yards per game ... Green’s season totals included 49 tackles, an interception and five pass breakups ... Showed his ability with the ball in his hands when he returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown less than one minute into the win over McNeese ... Logged a career-high nine tackles as part of the Cowboys’ 34-27 win at No. 23 Iowa State ... Had seven tackles against Oregon State and six tackles against both Tulsa and Texas Tech ... Credited with two pass breakups against Baylor ... Served as a game captain against Oregon State, Tulsa and Texas ... Was a leading performer on an Oklahoma State defense that made significant improvement from the previous season ... In 2018, the Cowboys allowed an average of 32.5 points and 452.5 yards per game, but in 2019, those numbers improved to 26.8 points per game and 412.3 yards per game ... The Cowboys of 2019 held each of their final six opponents below their season scoring average.
2018 (Junior): Earned second-team All-Big 12 honors as voted by the league’s coaches ... Consistently matched up against some of the best receivers in the Big 12 and ranked among the conference leaders in passes broken up with 11 ... Had an interception against Texas Tech ... Posted 49 tackles (39 solo) ... Perhaps his two best performances of the year came against two of the top receivers he faced - Texas’s Collin Johnson and West Virginia’s David Sills V ... Against Texas, he limited Johnson to five receptions on 13 targets with two passes broken up and against West Virginia, he held Sills to four receptions on 11 targets with three passes broken up, including a PBU in the end zone on the final play of the game to preserve OSU’s win over the seventh-ranked Mountaineers ... Had two tackles, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the Cowboys’ Liberty Bowl win over No. 23 Missouri ... Broke up two passes against TCU and Missouri State and one against Baylor ... Matched a career high with six tackles against Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech ... Served as a game captain against Kansas and Baylor.
2017 (Sophomore): Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors and was recognized by the Oklahoma State coaches with the Barry Sanders Award for making the greatest contribution to the team with the least recognition ... An everyday starter at cornerback who led the team and tied for second in the Big 12 with four interceptions ...His interception in the back corner of the end zone in the final seconds clinched Oklahoma State’s road win over No. 24 Iowa State and was one of the team’s signature moments of the season ... Recorded 47 tackles, including 40 solo stops ... Tallied an interception in three straight games, beginning with a career-high two picks at West Virginia on October 28 ... One of just five players in the Big 12 to record multiple interceptions in a game ... Broke up five passes on the year, including a career-high two at West Virginia ... Racked up a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss against TCU ... Tallied at least five tackles on seven occasions ... Logged 4.5 tackles for loss ... Credited with a forced fumble vs. TCU.
2016 (Freshman): Saw action in nine games for the Cowboys, including each of the final eight contests. Notched a pair of tackles in the Cowboys’ win over No. 10 Colorado in the Alamo Bowl.
High School: Played for coach Todd Peterman at DeSoto … A first team all-district selection as a sophomore and a senior … An honorable mention to the all-state team as a senior and named one of his team’s MVPs … An honorable mention to the academic all-state team … Also a talented basketball player.
Personal: Alvin J. Green was born June 9, 1998, in Dallas, Texas … Son of Nissaa Muhammad and Alvin Green … Part of an athletic family with four cousins playing high-level sports: Alex Harding plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, Marcus Harden plays for Georgia’s football team, David Harden plays for the Memphis football team and Briana Holman plays for Nebraska’s volleyball team.
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