Skyler Levon Green was born on September 12,1984 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals and New Orleans Saints.
39 Facts About Skyler Green
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Skyler Green was a member of the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League and the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League.
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Skyler Green played college football for the LSU Tigers, earning All-American honors.
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Skyler Green had 224 rushing yards and 124 passing yards in a first round 5A state playoff loss against Catholic High School.
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Skyler Green accepted a football scholarship from Louisiana State University, over Alabama and Louisiana Tech.
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Skyler Green was originally recruited as a running back, but switched to wide receiver to get more playing time.
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Skyler Green finished his LSU career with four punt returns for touchdowns, scoring against the Florida Gators in 2003, the Vanderbilt Commodores in 2004, and the Auburn Tigers in 2005.
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On LSU's 2003 National Championship Team, Skyler Green led the nation in yards-per-return, at 18.5.
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Skyler Green played for LSU for four seasons and caught 111 passes for 1,129 yards and nine touchdowns.
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Skyler Green finished ranked No 1 in school history for punts returned for touchdowns, No 2 in punt return yards and just outside the top 10 in all-purpose yards.
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Skyler Green led the nation in punt returns with an 18.5 average in 2003.
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The next week, at Arkansas, Skyler Green took a Marcus Randall screen pass 67 yards for a touchdown and had a total of 92 receiving yards.
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Skyler Green appeared in 7 games, making 7 receptions for 123 yards, one touchdown and 3 carries for 28 yards.
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Skyler Green caught 48 passes for 519 yards and 5 touchdowns.
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Skyler Green was considered one of the best college punt returners, leading the nation in punt returns with an 18.5-yard average on 25 returns, for a total of 462 punt returns yards.
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Skyler Green had an 80-yard touchdown return against the University of Florida and a 62-yard touchdown return against the University of Arizona.
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On what looked like a busted play, Skyler Green sprinted free for quarterback Matt Mauck, who lofted the ball toward Skyler Green just as he was getting hit by Georgia linebacker Odell Thurman.
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Skyler Green sprinted under the ball, dove to the ground in the end zone and caught the pass for a game-winning touchdown, sending the LSU-record crowd of 92,251 into a frenzy.
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Skyler Green suffered a high ankle sprain in the team's second scrimmage of fall camp and then re-injured it in the season-opener against Oregon State University.
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Skyler Green had 6 receptions for 59 yards and 2 touchdowns in the loss against the University of Iowa in the 2005 Capital One Bowl.
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Skyler Green finished with 24 catches, 219 yards, and 3 touchdowns.
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Skyler Green returned 11 kickoffs for 249 yards, 25 punts for 243 yards and one touchdown.
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Skyler Green ranked fourth in the SEC with a 9.7-yard average.
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Skyler Green returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown against Vanderbilt University.
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Skyler Green caught 32 passes for 268 yards and 16 carries for 126 yards.
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Skyler Green returned 27 punts for 359 yards and 18 kickoffs for 355 yards.
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Skyler Green set the school record for punt returns for touchdowns, with his fourth on a 66-yarder in a win over Auburn University.
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Skyler Green was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Year after ranking third in the conference in punt returns with a 13.3-yard average.
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Skyler Green was named third-team All-American by the Associated Press.
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Skyler Green had 9 receptions for 63 yards, 5 punt returns for 78 yards, including a 37-yarder that set up a touchdown and returned a kickoff 30 yards in a win over Mississippi State University.
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Skyler Green returned punts and kickoffs, as well as playing a few snaps at quarterback and his usual position of wide receiver.
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Skyler Green was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round in the 2006 NFL draft.
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Skyler Green was active in two games, returning 5 punts and 3 kickoffs.
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On December 15,2006, Skyler Green was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Skyler Green did not play the rest of the season and was moved back to the wide receiver position.
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Skyler Green was declared inactive for the eighth contest of the season.
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Skyler Green averaged 33.3 yards in his brief duty, including returns of 60 and 42 yards.
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Skyler Green was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos on October 6,2009.
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Skyler Green was released on December 16, after an injury-plagued 2010 season.