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2021 Fall Football Roster

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4 Jalen Greene

4 Jalen Greene

  • Position:
    Defensive Back
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Durham, N.C.
  • Highschool:
    Southern Durham
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 200

Summary

Biography

-2020 CAA Football Second Team | April 21, 2021

Personal: 
  • Son of James and Kathy
  • Sister Salita plays basketball at East Carolina University
  • Born Aug. 23, 1999

2021 (Senior):
  • Did not see game action

2020-21 (Senior):
  • Played and started all six games at cornerback
  • Named second team All-CAA Football at corner
  • Had 29 tackles and a 0.5 tackle for a loss
  • Led the team in pass breakups with five and in forced fumbles with two
  • Made a season-high seven tackles with an interception at Gardner-Webb on Feb. 27
  • Had five tackles with a forced fumble and three pass breakups versus No. 1 James Madison on March 6
  • Forced and recovered a fumble at William & Mary on March 20

2019 (Junior): 
  • Appeared in all 11 games
  • Closed the year with 11 tackles and a fumble recovery
  • Posted a season-high five stops in the finale at No. 19 Towson
  • Came away with a fumble recovery on the road at Richmond
  • Also broke up one pass at Rhode Island
  • Moved from quarterback to defensive back after playing quarterback during spring football

2018 (Sophomore):
  • Appeared in nine games on the season, making four starts at quarterback
  • Completed 30-of-73 passes for two touchdowns without an interception
  • Also ran the ball 64 times for 258 yards and five touchdowns
  • Made his first collegiate start against Richmond and threw for 205 yards and two scores on 7-for-11 passing in the win
  • Ran for a season-high 79 yards on 21 carries and a touchdown in the win over the Spiders
  • Carried 13 times for 73 yards and a touchdown against No. 20 Towson
  • Also ran for touchdowns against USF, No. 21 Furman and New Hampshire

2017 (Freshman):
  • Enrolled at Elon for the spring of 2017
  • Appeared in two games
  • Threw for 35 yards on 2-of-4 passing
  • Rushed for 48 yards on 16 carries
  • Completed one of three passes for 25 yards in his collegiate debut at Toledo
  • Ran the ball seven times for 16 yards against the Rockets

Prep: 
  • Named Southern Durham’s 2016 Male Athlete of the Year
  • Earned 2016 Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year honors
  • All-conference performer
  • 2016 Raleigh News & Observer all-area pick
  • Two-time Durham Herald Sun All-Conference selection
  • Threw for 2,516 yards and 19 touchdowns, while rushing for 475 yards and five scores as a senior
  • Compiled 4,796 passing yards and 50 touchdown passes and 1,031 rushing yards and 12 rushing scores in his career
  • Helped coach Darius Robinson’s program to a 2016 state playoff appearance
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2021
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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2017Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'2" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2018Sophomore

    Quarterback
    6'2" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2019Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 195 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2020-21Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 204 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2021Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 200 lbs
    4
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