GREEN AT A GLANCE:
• A second-year tight end who played 15 regular-season games (3 starts) and both playoff contests (1 start) for the Broncos as a rookie in 2011.
• Contributed mostly as a blocking tight end for Denver’s league-leading rushing offense (164.5 ypg.) in 2011 in addition to catching three passes for 24 yards (8.0 avg.) and totaling three tackles as a mainstay on special teams.
• Played 50 career games (34 starts) for the University of Nevada and helped the Wolf Pack average 500.2 yards per game during his four-year career (2007-10) to rank third in the nation in that period.
• Secured first-team All-Western Athletic Conference honors following his senior campaign at Nevada in which he totaled a career-high 35 receptions for 515 yards (14.7 avg.) with five touchdowns.
• Named Nevada’s Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year as a junior in 2009 in addition to being selected to the All-WAC second team.
• Selected by the Broncos in the seventh round (204th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.
GREEN AT A GLANCE:
• A second-year tight end who played 15 regular-season games (3 starts) and both playoff contests (1 start) for the Broncos as a rookie in 2011.
• Contributed mostly as a blocking tight end for Denver’s league-leading rushing offense (164.5 ypg.) in 2011 in addition to catching three passes for 24 yards (8.0 avg.) and totaling three tackles as a mainstay on special teams.
• Played 50 career games (34 starts) for the University of Nevada and helped the Wolf Pack average 500.2 yards per game during his four-year career (2007-10) to rank third in the nation in that period.
• Secured first-team All-Western Athletic Conference honors following his senior campaign at Nevada in which he totaled a career-high 35 receptions for 515 yards (14.7 avg.) with five touchdowns.
• Named Nevada’s Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year as a junior in 2009 in addition to being selected to the All-WAC second team.
• Selected by the Broncos in the seventh round (204th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Denver as a draft choice 7/27/11.
Green's Single-Game Highs
(Postseason in parentheses)
Receptions — 3 vs. New Orleans, 10/28/12 (none). Receiving yards — 44 vs. New Orleans, 10/28/12 (none). Longest reception — 28 vs. New Orleans, 10/28/12 (none). Receiving touchdowns — None (none).
2012: Green played 12 regular-season games (2 starts) for the Broncos, setting career highs with five catches for 63 yards and a long of 28... Made his season debut, playing primarily on special teams at N.E. (10/7)... Started his first game of the 2012 season at S.D. (10/15)... Caught a career-best three passes for 44 yards including a long of 28 yards vs. N.O. (10/28)... Recovered an onside kick late in the fourth quarter vs. S.D. (11/18)... Made two receptions for 19 yards vs. K.C. (12/30).
2011: Selected by Denver in the seventh round (204th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft, Green played 15 regular season games (3 starts) and contributed three catches for 24 yards (8.0 avg.) in addition to blocking for the league’s No. 1 rushing attack (164.5 ypg.)... Logged the fourth-most plays on special teams for the Broncos and totaled three tackles on those units... Played in both of Denver’s postseason contests, including a start in the Broncos’ AFC Divisional Playoff Game at N.E. (1/14).
COLLEGE: Green played 50 career games (34 starts) at the University of Nevada and totaled 72 receptions for 939 yards (13.0 avg.) with 11 touchdowns while helping the Wolf Pack rank fifth in the nation with 500.2 total yards per game from 2007-10... Recorded a personal-best 35 catches for 515 yards (14.7 avg.) with five touchdowns in his senior campaign to earn first-team All-Western Athletic Conference honors... Named the Nevada Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year as a junior in 2009 in addition to being selected ot the All-WAC second team.
PERSONAL: Green totaled 61 receptions for 1,014 yards (16.6 avg.) with 12 touchdowns during his career at Tulare Union High School in Tulare, Calif., where he earned first-team All-East Yosemite League honors following his senior season... Lettered four years in basketball and another in track and field... Majored in general studies at Nevada... Virgil Leo Green was born on Aug. 3, 1988, in Tulare, Calif.
