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Darrell Green
Texas A&I University (Kingsville)
1981-82
 Green, was a four-year
letterman at Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M-Kingsville) and earned
All-American honors from the Associated Press and
the American Football Coaches Association as a senior. He was
selected Lone Star Conference Most Valuable Player in 1982 and was a
two-time All-Lone Star
Conference pick. He also earned All-American honors in track as both a
junior and senior. and was the NCAA Division II champion in the 100 and
200 in 1982.
He was later drafted in the first round by the Washington Redskins and
went on to a remarkable 20-year career in the National Football League.
He has previously been inducted into the Javelina Hall of Fame at Texas
A&M-Kingsville. He was chosen for the NCAA Division II Team of the
Quarter Century in 1997 and was selected as the Defensive Player of the
Quarter Century in Division II.
Green holds the NFL record with at least one interception in 19 straight
seasons. He also set an NFL record for the most seasons played with one
team
at 20 (1983-2002). He set Redskins records for most regular-season games
played and most games started.
He began his pro career
by being named Associated Press NFL Rookie of the Year and in 1991 he
won the title as the "World's Fastest Man." He earned seven trips
to the Pro Bowl (1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997) and was named
NFC Defensive Player of the Week five times. He was selected NFL man of
the Year and awarded the Bart Starr and Ken Houston Humanitarian Awards
in 1996.
He has received
numerous humanitarian awards for his work with the youth in the
Washington D.C. area and around the country and he founded the Darrell
Green Youth Life Foundation, which provides financial and emotional
support for Washington, D.C., youth and their families.
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