Jacob Green
Defensive tackle, American football player
1957 –
Who is Jacob Green?
Jacob Carl Green is a former American football defensive end. He played college football for Texas A&M.
Green was an All-American selection in 1979 after compiling 134 tackles and was a then school-record 20 quarterback sacks. Green’s 37 career sacks still ranks second in A&M history behind Aaron Wallace’s 42 career sacks. Green owns school records for career fumbles caused and season fumbles caused.
Green was a first-round draft pick in the 1980 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. In his 13 year National Football League career, Green played twelve seasons for the Seattle Seahawks, as number 79, and one season for the San Francisco 49ers. Green recorded 97.5 career sacks for the Seahawks, a team record and at the time of his retirement good for No. 3 on the all-time sacks leaderboard behind only Reggie White and Lawrence Taylor.
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- Born
- Jan 21, 1957
Pasadena - Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Texas A&M University
- Lived in
- Pasadena
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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