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Jersey Number 10
Jalen Green
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 245
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
- High School:
- Good Counsel
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Management
2023:
- College Football Network National Player of the Year
- CFN National Defensive Player of the Year
- CFN National Defensive Lineman of the Year
- HERO Sports Group of Five National Defensive Player of the Year
- Walter Camp First Team All-American
- Associated Press First Team All-American
- Action Network First Team All-American
- CFN First Team All-American
- AFCA Second Team All-American
- ESPN Second Team All-American
- Football Writers Association of America Second Team All-American
- Sporting News Second Team All-American
- CBS Sports/247 Sports Second Team All-American
- Phil Steele Second Team All-American
- HERO Sports G5 First Team All-American
- Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- Bill Dudley Award Winner - sixth winner in JMU history
- VaSID University Division Defensive Player of the Year
- Touchdown Club of Richmond Defensive Lineman of the Year
- Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Finalist - first in JMU history
- Chuck Bednarik Award Semifinalist - first in JMU history
- First Team All-Sun Belt defensive lineman
- VaSID University Division First Team All-State defensive lineman
- JMU's Charle Haley Defensive MVP Award winner
- Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 31)
- CFN National Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1 and Oct. 22)
- Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23)
- DC Touchdown Club College Football Player of the Week (Oct. 26)
- College Football Network Midseason Defensive Lineman of the Year
- The Athletic Midseason First Team All-American
- CFN Midseason First Team All-American
- Broke Sun Belt single-season sacks record (15.5), which is second in JMU history
- Tied JMU and Sun Belt single-game record with 5.0 sacks at Marshall (Oct. 19)
- Played in nine games with eight starts at defensive end
- Had 50 tackles (23 solo) to go with 21 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks, one interception for a touchdown, one pass breakup and two forced fumbles
- Career-high nine tackles vs. Old Dominion (Oct. 28)
- Career-high 5.5 tackles for loss at Marshall (Oct. 19)
- Career-high 5.0 sacks at Marshall (Oct. 19)
- Had a 24-yard pick-six vs. South Alabama (Sept. 30)
- Named to SBC Academic Honor Roll
2022:
- Played in all 11 games with one start at defensive end
- Had 22 tackles (nine solo) to go with 6.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and one interception
- Matched career-high of four tackles with a career-best 1.5 TFL vs. Middle Tennessee (Sept. 3)
- Also had four tackles with a TFL at Old Dominion (Nov. 12)
- Registered a full sack vs. Texas State (Oct. 1) and vs. Georgia State (Nov. 19)
- Had first career interception vs. #23 Coastal Carolina (Nov. 26)
- Recorded three or more tackles in three games
- Made 1.0+ TFL in four outings
2021:
- Played in 13 games
- Had 14 tackles (five solo) to go with 2.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry
- Season-high three tackles with a half TFL and breakup vs. Southeastern Louisiana in FCS second round (Dec. 4)
- Registered a sack and forced fumble vs. Morehead State (Sept. 4)
- Made two tackles at Weber State (Sept. 18) and at New Hampshire (Oct. 2)
2020-21:
- Missed entire season due to injury in the fall
- Played in 14 games
- Had 11 tackles (four solo) to go with 2.0 tackles for loss and a half sack
- Career-high four tackles vs. New Hampshire (Nov. 9)
- Had two tackles against Morgan State (Sept. 14) and Richmond (Nov. 16)
- Had 1.0 TFL at Rhode Island (Nov. 23) and a half sack at Elon (Sept. 28)
High School:
- Washington Post First Team All-Metro as a junior and senior
- First Team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference as a junior and senior
- DC Touchdown Club member
- Good Counsel’s career sacks leader, with 38.5
- Set school’s single-season sacks record, with 13.0 as a senior
- Helped Good Counsel to WCAC semifinals in both 2017 and 2018
- Dual-sport athlete who also played basketball
- Son of Thorn and Arianne Lemon
- Has a brother, Amari, and two sisters, Ariyah and Aiyana
- Majoring in sport and recreation management
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