Tight end, Nevada, 2006–10
Virgil Green
- Number
- No. 85
- Height
- 6′5″
- Hometown
- Tulare, CA
- Born
- Aug 3, 1988, in Tulare, California
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Virgil Green played tight end at Nevada (2006–10). The Denver Broncos took Green in round 7, No. 204 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
7catches, best game on filevs. Eastern Washington, 2010144receiving yards, best game on filevs. Eastern Washington, 20102receiving touchdowns, best game on filevs. Eastern Washington, 2010Team titles: WAC champions, 2010
Receiving
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
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 Nevada 13 games, 35 catches, 515 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Eastern Washington | W 49–24 | 7 | 144 | 2 | 48 | – |
| Sep 11 | vs. Colorado State | W 51–6 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 15 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. California | W 52–31 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Sep 25 | at BYU | W 27–13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Oct 2 | at UNLV | W 44–26 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Oct 9 | vs. San José State | W 35–13 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Oct 16 | at Hawai’i | L 21–27 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 6 | at Idaho | W 63–17 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 12 | – |
| Nov 13 | at Fresno State | W 35–34 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Nov 20 | vs. New Mexico State | W 52–6 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 37 | – |
| Nov 26 | vs. Boise State | W 34–31 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
| Dec 4 | at Louisiana Tech | W 35–17 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs. Boston College | W 20–13 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 25 | – |
2009 Nevada 12 games, 23 catches, 260 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Notre Dame | L 0–35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Sep 19 | atColorado State | L 20–35 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 25 | vs. Missouri | L 21–31 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Oct 3 | vs.UNLV | W 63–28 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 17 | – |
| Oct 9 | vs.Louisiana Tech | W 37–14 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 16 | – |
| Oct 17 | at Utah State | W 35–32 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 44 | – |
| Oct 24 | vs.Idaho | W 70–45 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 44 | 16 |
| Oct 31 | vs.Hawai’i | W 31–21 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Nov 8 | atSan José State | W 62–7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Nov 14 | vs.Fresno State | W 52–14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Nov 27 | atBoise State | L 33–44 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. SMU | L 10–45 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | – |
2008 Nevada 9 games, 13 catches, 136 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Grambling | W 49–13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. Texas Tech | L 19–35 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Sep 27 | atUNLV | W 49–27 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40 | – |
| Oct 4 | atIdaho | W 49–14 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Oct 11 | vs.New Mexico State | L 45–48 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Oct 18 | vs.Utah State | W 44–17 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Oct 25 | atHawai’i | L 31–38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Nov 7 | atFresno State | W 41–28 | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| Nov 15 | vs.San José State | W 41–17 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅜″ |
| Weight | 249 lb |
| Arm length | 33½″ |
| Hand size | 9¼″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.64 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.57 sW |
| Vertical jump | 42½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′10″ |
| Bench press | 23 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.90 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.40 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
10 seasons, 99 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Chargers.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Denver Broncos | 8 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
| 2012 | Denver Broncos | 5 | 5 | 63 | 0 |
| 2013 | Denver Broncos | 12 | 9 | 45 | 0 |
| 2014 | Denver Broncos | 9 | 6 | 74 | 1 |
| 2015 | Denver Broncos | 13 | 12 | 173 | 1 |
| 2016 | Denver Broncos | 10 | 22 | 237 | 1 |
| 2017 | Denver Broncos | 11 | 14 | 191 | 1 |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Chargers | 14 | 19 | 210 | 1 |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Chargers | 12 | 9 | 78 | 1 |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Chargers | 5 | 3 | 50 | 1 |
| NFL career | 99 | 102 | 1,145 | 7 | |
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.
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