David Green

After gettng his feet wet with 5 games in his rookie season in 1978 when he rushed for 339 yards, Green exploded in 1979.  In a 16 gamee schedule, he ran for 1678 yards, scored 11 rushing touchdowns and had a 5.8 yard average.  Green was both an Eastern and All-Canadian All-Star and was also named the Oustanding Player in the CFL.  Green's rushng stats dropped to nearly half that total in 1980 (873 yards), though his pass receiving was up from 19 to 31 catches.  Green left Montreal after 1980 to try his luck in the NFL.

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Complete NFL Stats for David Green

Games Played and Rushing
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long
1978 MON 5 62 309 5 2 45
1979 MON 16 287 1678 5.8 11 51
1980 MON 14 205 873 4.3 7 33
Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1978 MON 7 36 5.1 1 11
1979 MON 19 210 11.1 0 42
1980 MON 31 435 14 2 46
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1978 MON 5 127 25.4 0 33
1979 MON 20 414 20.7 0 42
1980 MON 0 0 0 0 0
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1978 MON 1 8 8 0 8
1979 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MON 0 0 0 0 0
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1978 MON 3 3 0
1979 MON 7 4 1
1980 MON 7 4 2

 

 

 

 

 

David Green