Professional Career
The Seattle Seahawks selected Green in the second round (twenty-ninth pick overall) in the 1976 NFL Draft, and he played for the Seahawks for four seasons from 1976 to 1979. He had three interceptions during his time with the Seahawks, including one that he returned ninety-one yards for a touchdown in 1979. Green played his final NFL season for the Houston Oilers in 1980. He played in sixty-two NFL games in his five-season career, starting in forty-four of them.
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