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Four Bulldogs Named To Phil Steele's All-Freshman Team
Career Highs: 8 receptions (3x), last at Tennessee in 2009 *159 receiving yards at Arizona State in 2008 *Long reception of 65 yards at Vanderbilt in 2009 *2 receiving TDs at Arkansas in 2009 *Long TD reception of 65 yards at Vanderbilt in 2009 *1 rushing attempt (4x), last vs. #19 Michigan State in Capital One Bowl *Long rush of 28 yards at Kentucky in 2008 *1 two-point converstion reception at Arkansas in 2009 *1 blocked field goal vs. Ariz. St. in 2009
2009: Selected as 1-of-10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award. *All-SEC First Team by Associated Press, SEC Coaches, ESPN, Phil Steele and Sporting News *Earned team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player award *Named to Phil Steele Midseason All-America Second Team. *Appeared in 10 games with eight starts making a team-leading 53 receptions for 808 yards and six touchdowns. *Led team in receptions in 10 games and receiving yards in nine. *Ranks second in the SEC in receptions per game (5.3) and receiving yards per game (80.8). *Caught a team-best six passes for 57 yards in victory over Texas A&M in Independence Bowl. *Three catches for 95 yards with a career-long 65-yard TD at Vanderbilt. *Tallied 99 receiving yards and a TD on five catches vs. No. 4 LSU. *Named SEC Offensive Player of the Week (9/28) after he tallied 153 receiving yards including a then career-long 56 yard TD reception on a team-leading eight catches in win over Ariz. St.; Also blocked a 4th-quarter field goal with the game tied 17-17. *Earned CollegeFootballPerformance.com honorable mention wide receiver Performance of the Week after he seven passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns at Arkansas. *Six catches for 86 yards and a TD vs. S. Carolina. *Named to watch lists for Biletnikoff Award, Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award. *Earned Herbie Award as #3 ranked “Catch a Rising Star: Top Wide Receivers” *Selected Preseason All-SEC First Team by Lindy’s, Phil Steele, SEC Coaches and by SEC Media. *Caught one pass for 35 yards in spring G-Day game. *Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for summer semester. *Recipient of Neel Family Football Scholarship.
2008: Named to CollegeFootballNews.com’s and Phil Steele’s All-Freshman First Team *Selected to Sporting News’ All-Freshman Team *Named Freshman of the Year by SEC Coaches *Named First Team All-SEC by Associated Press, also Phil Steele’s All-SEC First Team and SEC Coaches’ Second Team and Freshman All-SEC *Earned the team’s Newcomer of the Year Award on offense *Appeared in 13 games making 11 starts catching 56 passes for a team-best 963 yards and eight TDs and rushed four times for 61 yards *56 reception set a freshman record at UGA *His 963 ranked as the third-best single-season total in school history *Caught four passes for 64 yards and a TD vs. No. 18 Georgia Tech *Named SEC Freshman of the Week (11/17) and a Pontiac Game Changer Nominee after he led the Bulldogs with 81 receiving yards on five catches including a 17-yard TD grab that proved to be the game-winning score at Auburn *Caught two passes for 53 yards including a 11-yard TD receptions that proved to the game-winning score and rushed once for 28 yards in win at Kentucky *Tied for a team-best five receptions and tallied 91 receiving yards including a 54-yard catch in loss vs. No. 5 Florida *Caught three passes for a team-best 89 yards including a 49-yard TD reception and rushed once for 22 yards in win at No. 11 LSU and was named a Pontiac Game Changer Nominee *Led team with seven catches for 132 yards and a TD including a season-long reception of 49 yards in win over No. 22 Vanderbilt *Had a team-best seven receptions go for 53 yards vs. Tennessee *Led team with six receptions for 88 yards and a TD vs. No. 8 Alabama *Named SEC Freshman of the Week (9/22) after he tallied a career-high 159 receiving yards and a TD on a career-high eight receptions at No. 24 Arizona State *Led team with three receptions and 61 yards receiving at South Carolina *Made first-career start vs. Central Michigan catching three passes for 40 yards *Made debut vs. Ga. Southern making two receptions for 40 yards and one TD
High School: Summerville, coached by John McKissick...2007 Parade All-American... 2008 SuperPrep Elite 50, All-America, and All-Dixie teams... PrepStar Top 135 Dream Team...four-time consensus Associated Press Division-I AAAA All-State first team selection...four year All-Region selection...2007 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100... Scout.com five-star prospect, Top 100, #10 player in America, #2 WR in nation, #4 player in the South, #2 player in South Carolina... 2008 Rivals.com Rivals100 (9), WR Rankings: Deep threat (2), Best after the catch (2), Best hands (2), wide receivers (2), South Carolina Top 20 (2)...ranked #5 in The ESPN 150...only junior named to USA Today 2006 All-USA team...named RISE Magazine’s #1 prospect for the class of 2008 following junior season...named to Rivals.com Junior All-America first team...named SI.com’s #1 prospect for 2008 following sophomore season...2008 Under Armour All-America High School Football Game participant...as a senior, caught 72 passes for 1,437 yards (20.0 avg.) and 15 touchdowns...as a junior, made 65 catches for 1,203 yards (18.5 avg.) and 14 touchdowns...as a sophomore, caught 75 passes for 1,422 yards (19.0 avg.) and 16 touchdowns...as a freshman, recorded 57 receptions for 1,217 yards (21.3 avg.) and eight touchdowns...also played baseball and ran track.
Personal: A.J. GREEN; Born: July 31, 1988; Major: Pre-Business
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Rushing
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Year
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G/GS
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Att.
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Yards
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Per/Att.
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Per/Gm.
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TD
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LG
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2008
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13/11
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4
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61
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15.3
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4.7
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0
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28 UK
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| 2009 |
10/8 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
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Total
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23/19
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4
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61
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15.3
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2.7
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0
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28 UK
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Receiving
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Year
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G/GS
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Rec.
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Yards
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Per/Rec.
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Per/Gm.
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TD
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LG
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2008
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13/11
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56
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963
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17.2
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74.1
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8
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54 UF
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| 2009 |
10/8 |
53 |
808 |
15.2 |
80.8 |
6 |
65 VU |
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Total
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23/19
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109 |
1.772
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16.2
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77.0
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14
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65 VU
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