Kenyon Green

Kenyon Green is an American football offensive guard for the Texas A&M Aggies.

Kenyon Green
Texas A&M Aggies – No. 55
PositionOffensive guard
ClassSophomore
Career history
College
High schoolAtascocita
Personal information
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight325 lb (147 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early life and high school

Green grew up in Humble, Texas and attended Atascocita High School.[1] Green was rated a five-star recruit and originally committed to play college football at LSU during his sophomore year before decomitting as a junior.[2] Green ultimately signed to play at Texas A&M.[3]

College career

Green was named Texas A&M's starting right guard going into his freshman season.[4][5] He started all 13 of the team's games and was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team.[6] As a sophomore, Green moved to left guard and started all nine of the Aggies games and was named a first team All-American by Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America and was a second team selcetion by the Associated Press, the American Football Coaches Association, and the Walter Camp Foundation, tying him with BYU's Brady Christensen for a consensus All-American selection.[7][8]

References
  1. "As top recruit, Atascocita's Kenyon Green carries quiet confidence". Houston Chronicle. August 25, 2018.
  2. "LSU in 5-star Texas offensive lineman Kenyon Green's top five". The Times-Picayune. July 12, 2019.
  3. Zucker, Joseph (June 2, 2018). "5-Star OT Prospect Kenyon Green Commits to Texas A&M over Alabama, LSU, More". Bleacher Report.
  4. Buchanan, Olin (August 19, 2019). "'If you're the best player, you play': Impressive freshman Kenyon Green in line to start opener for Texas A&M". The Athletic.
  5. "True freshman Kenyon Green cracks A&M starting O-line". Houston Chronicle. August 22, 2019.
  6. Wilson, John. "Aggie lineman Green learned a lot during freshman season in SEC". www.kbtx.com.
  7. A, Texas; Information, M. Sports. "Texas A&M's Kenyon Green Named Sporting News First Team All-American". www.kbtx.com.
  8. Tarpley, Jeff (January 8, 2021). "A&M OL Kenyon Green in rare air as consensus All-American". 247Sports. Retrieved January 9, 2021.


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