A.J. Green with the Cincinnati Bengals, 2020
With the Cincinnati Bengals, 2020. Photo: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Georgia, to 2010

A.J. Green

Number
No. 8
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Summerville, SC
Born
Jul 31, 1988

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A.J. Green played at Georgia (to 2010). The Cincinnati Bengals took Green in the first round, No. 4 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
963
Receiving yards, 2008 (Georgia, 10–⁠3)
Best game
164 yards
At Auburn, week 11, 2010: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 4
Overall, 2011 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

9catches, best game on fileat Auburn, 2010164receiving yards, best game on fileat Auburn, 20102receiving touchdowns, best game on filefour times; last at Auburn, 2010

Honors

All-America: Walter Camp second team 2010; Pro Football Weekly 2009 and 2010

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2008*Georgia5696317.2854
2009Georgia5380815.2665
2010Georgia5784814.9950
On file (2008–⁠10)1662,61915.82365

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008Georgia8
2009Georgia8
2010Georgia86′4″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Georgia 9 games, 57 catches, 848 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 2atColoradoL 27–⁠29711925040
Oct 9vs.TennesseeW 41–⁠14696133–
Oct 16vs.VanderbiltW 43–⁠03641486
Oct 23atKentuckyW 44–⁠31686034–
Oct 30vs.FloridaL 31–⁠34442115−2
Nov 6vs.Idaho StateW 55–⁠76103246–
Nov 13atAuburnL 31–⁠499164240–
Nov 27vs.Georgia TechW 42–⁠34897022–
Dec 31 ✦vs.UCFL 6–⁠10877018–
2009 Georgia 10 games, 53 catches, 808 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5atOklahoma StateL 10–⁠24452029–
Sep 12vs.South CarolinaW 41–⁠37686134–
Sep 19atArkansasW 52–⁠417137229–
Sep 26vs.Arizona StateW 20–⁠178153156–
Oct 3vs.LSUL 13–⁠20599132–
Oct 10atTennesseeL 19–⁠45860021–
Oct 17atVanderbiltW 34–⁠10395165–
Oct 31vs.FloridaL 17–⁠41350019–
Nov 14vs.AuburnW 31–⁠24319012–
Dec 28 ✦vs.Texas A&MW 44–⁠20657016–
2008 Georgia 13 games, 56 catches, 963 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.Georgia SouthernW 45–⁠21240136–
Sep 6vs.Central MichiganW 56–⁠17340015–
Sep 13atSouth CarolinaW 14–⁠7361039–
Sep 20atArizona StateW 27–⁠1081591315
Sep 27vs.AlabamaL 30–⁠41688126–
Oct 11vs.TennesseeW 26–⁠14753014–
Oct 18vs.VanderbiltW 24–⁠147132149–
Oct 25atLSUW 52–⁠3838914922
Nov 1vs.FloridaL 10–⁠49591054–
Nov 8atKentuckyW 42–⁠3825314228
Nov 15atAuburnW 17–⁠13581120–
Nov 29vs.Georgia TechL 42–⁠45464128–
Jan 1 ✦vs.Michigan StateW 24–⁠121120126

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011
Height6′3⅝″
Weight211 lb
Arm length34⅜″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan80⅝″W
40-yard dash4.49 s
10-yard split1.56 sW
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump10′6″
Bench press18 reps
3-cone drill6.91 s
20-yard shuttle4.21 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 155 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

Pro Bowls: 7 (2011–⁠17) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2012–⁠13)

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2012–⁠13.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Cincinnati Bengals15200
2012Cincinnati Bengals16200
2013Cincinnati Bengals16300
2014Cincinnati Bengals12100
2015Cincinnati Bengals16200
2016Cincinnati Bengals10–00
2017Cincinnati Bengals16100
2018Cincinnati Bengals9–00
2020Cincinnati Bengals16–00
2021Arizona Cardinals16100
2022Arizona Cardinals13–00
NFL career1551200

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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