Garrett Greene (born October 1, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the West Virginia Mountaineers.
Early years
Greene attended Chiles High School, where he passed for 2,917 yards and 25 touchdowns and rushed for 2,660 yards and 31 touchdowns.[2] He committed to play college football at West Virginia University over other schools such as Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and TCU.[3]
College career
As a freshman in 2020, Greene completed three of four passes for 24 yards and rushed six times for 40 yards.[4] In the 2021 season opener, he threw for 57 yards and rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns in a 66-0 win over LIU.[5] Greene finished the 2021 season completing 16 of 26 passes for 147 yards, while also rushing for 297 yards and four touchdowns on 48 carries.[4] In week 11, Greene replaced starter JT Daniels, who was benched in the first quarter, and completed 12 of 22 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 119 yards and two touchdowns in a 23-20 win over Oklahoma.[6][7] The next week, West Virginia announced that he would get his first career start.[8] In his first start Greene completed 15 of 27 passes for 204 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions, while also rushing for a touchdown, in a 48-31 loss to Kansas State.[9][10] He finished the 2022 season completing 43 of 78 passing attempts for 493 yards and five touchdowns to three interceptions, and rushing for 276 yards and five touchdowns, while also hauling in four receptions for 32 yards.[4] In week 2 of the 2023 season, he completed ten passes for 240 yards and four touchdowns in a win over Duquesne.[11]
Statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| West Virginia Mountaineers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 125.4 | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 0–0 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 147 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 47 | 306 | 6.5 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 1–1 | 43 | 78 | 55.1 | 493 | 6.3 | 5 | 3 | 121.7 | 45 | 276 | 6.1 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 8–4 | 147 | 277 | 53.1 | 2,406 | 8.7 | 16 | 4 | 142.2 | 120 | 772 | 6.4 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 4–7 | 189 | 315 | 60.0 | 2,300 | 7.3 | 15 | 12 | 132.8 | 134 | 734 | 5.5 | 6 | |
| Career[4] | 45 | 25 | 13–12 | 398 | 700 | 56.9 | 5,370 | 7.7 | 36 | 19 | 132.8 | 352 | 2,128 | 6.0 | 28 | |
References
- ^ @RyanDecker_ (December 27, 2023). "Mayo Bowl MVP Garrett Greene, plus Beanie Bishop & Lee Kpogba standing up front" (Tweet). Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Garrett Greene". West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ Taylor, G. Allen (December 16, 2019). "Riled up: Why West Virginia QB recruit Garrett Greene plays with an unrelenting edge". The Athletic. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Garrett Greene College Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
- ^ Raby, John. "Young WVU QB thrives, status unknown vs No. 15 Virginia Tech". AP News. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ Martinez, Justin (November 13, 2022). "'He played inspired': OU struggles to contain Garrett Greene in loss to West Virginia". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Greene shines in relief, Legg's FG lifts WVU over Oklahoma". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ Thamel, Pete. "Sources: West Virginia to start Garrett Greene at QB". ESPN. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ Hunter, Greg. "WVU football: Greene bounced back after shaky start vs. Kansas State". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ Green, Arne (November 19, 2022). "Recap: Kansas State football beats West Virginia, 48-31, moves to 8-3 overall". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Garrett Greene tosses 4 TDs as West Virginia routs Duquesne". Albany Herald. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
