1. Ahman Rashad Green is an American former professional football running back who played 12 seasons in the National Football League.
42 Facts About Ahman Green
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Ahman Green played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, earning second-team All-American honors in 1997.
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Ahman Green played for the Houston Texans, and was a four-time Pro Bowl selection with the Packers, where he holds the franchise record for rushing yards.
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Ahman Green was the head esports coach at Lakeland University until the end of 2022.
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Ahman Green was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and attended Omaha North before transferring to Omaha Central for high school.
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Ahman Green was a high school All-American selection and state 'Player of the Year' as a senior.
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Ahman Green currently holds the 10th fastest 100 meter dash ever in the state of Nebraska, at 10.61 seconds.
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Ahman Green competed in powerlifting in high school, placing 2nd in the ADFPA High School National Powerlifting Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Ahman Green was a standout running back and three-year starter for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers.
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Ahman Green was an integral component and key contributor on two national championship squads.
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Ahman Green was a major contributor during Nebraska's 1995 championship run.
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Ahman Green had a career-high 214 yards against Iowa State University that season.
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Ahman Green was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, the annual honor for college football's top running back, in 1997.
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Ahman Green posted 12 consecutive 100-yard games, including three contests with over 200 yards.
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Ahman Green posted 300 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 35 catches.
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Ahman Green played in a bowl game each season he was at Nebraska.
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Ahman Green was drafted in the third round of the 1998 NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks.
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In 2000, Ahman Green was traded along with a fifth round draft pick to the Ahman Green Bay Packers for Fred Vinson and a sixth round pick.
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Ahman Green was selected to the NFL Pro Bowl from 2001 to 2004 and broke several franchise records.
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Ahman Green threw a touchdown pass on October 17,2004 vs the Detroit Lions.
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Ahman Green signed a one-year deal to remain with the Packers.
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Ahman Green was reunited with his former head coach and former Texans' assistant head coach Mike Sherman along with former Packers running back Samkon Gado.
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Ahman Green was asked to handle the bulk of the load at running back after a 2006 season in which the Texans used a "running back by committee" approach.
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Across his two seasons with the Texans, Ahman Green rushed 144 times for 554 yards and two touchdowns and caught 25 passes for 155 yards.
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On February 10,2009, Ahman Green was released by the Texans.
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Ahman Green officially re-signed with the Green Bay Packers on October 21,2009, after the Packers placed running back DeShawn Wynn on injured reserve.
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On November 8,2009, Ahman Green broke Jim Taylor's record to become the all-time leading rusher in Packer history.
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Ahman Green joined the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League for the 2010 season.
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Ahman Green was a part of the Nighthawks' 40-man protected roster, started 8 games for the Nighthawks.
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Ahman Green was released on Sunday of training camp on June 5,2011, after arriving with an injured hamstring.
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Ahman Green was named after former NFL wide receiver and current broadcaster Ahmad Rashad.
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Ahman Green has an uncle, Michael Green, who attended Nebraska as a running back in the late 1960s.
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Ahman Green's uncle was drafted by the San Diego Chargers, but never appeared in a game.
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On September 21,2012, Ahman Green was inducted into the University Of Nebraska Football Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Ahman Green Bay Packers Football Hall of Fame on July 19,2014.
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Ahman Green operates a sports training facility in the city, and serves as a spokesman for the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association.
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From 2012 to 2014, Ahman Green served as co-owner of the Ahman Green Bay Blizzard, an arena football team.
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In 2006, Ahman Green played a small role in the film Big Stan as the prisoner Lee Otis.
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Ahman Green had a small role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as an unnamed thug, but his scene was cut from the final version of the film.
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Ahman Green eventually entered a plea bargain where he pled no contest to reduced charges of criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, claiming that he did not want to subject his daughter to a jury trial.
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In February 2020, Ahman Green was named head coach of Lakeland University's new varsity esports team.
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In November 2021, Ahman Green hosted the finals of the first ever Mid-America Gamers Expo in Council Bluffs.
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Ahman Green was announced as a professor in the University of Nebraska's College of Journalism and Mass Communications in 2023.