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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||
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Born: | Houston, Texas, U.S. | February 15, 1960||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 184 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Jesse H. Jones (Houston) | ||||||||||
College: | Texas A&I (1978–1982) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1983 / round: 1 / pick: 28 | ||||||||||
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Darrell Ray Green (born February 15, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons. Considered to be one of the greatest cornerbacks and fastest players in NFL history, he played college football for the Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas and was drafted by the Redskins in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft. Green played in 295 games with Washington, winning Super Bowls XXII and XXVI, before retiring in 2003. He was named the 1996 NFL Man of the Year, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008, and included on the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.