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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1976)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name         = Jacquez Green 
| number       = 12, 80, 81
| position     = [[Wide receiver]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1976|1|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Fort Valley, Georgia]], U.S. 
| height_ft    = 5
| height_in    = 9
| weight_lb    = 175
| high_school  = [[Peach County High School|Peach County]] {{nowrap|(Fort Valley)}}
| college      = [[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
| draftyear    = 1998
| draftround   = 2
| draftpick    = 34
| pastteams    =
* [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|1998|2001}})
* [[Washington Commanders|Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|2002}})
* [[Detroit Lions]] (2002)
* Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2003}})*
| pastcoaching =
* [[Gibbs High School (St. Petersburg, Florida)|Gibbs(FL) HS]] (2007–2008)<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Lincoln High School (Tallahassee, Florida)|Lincoln(FL) HS]] (2010-2012)<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Valdosta High School|Valdosta(GA) HS]] (2014)<br>Wide receivers coach
* Lincoln(FL) HS (2015-2017)<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Godby High School|Godby(FL) HS]] (2017-2018)<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Manatee High School|Manatee(FL) HS]] (2019-2021)<br>Offensive coordinator
* Manatee(FL) HS (2021-present)<br>Head coach
| highlights   =
* [[PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[PFWA All-Rookie Team#1998|1998]])
* [[Bowl Alliance|Bowl Alliance National Championship]] ([[1997 Sugar Bowl|1996]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1997 College Football All-America Team|1997]])
* First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1997 All-SEC football team|1997]])
| statlabel1   = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Reception]]s
| statvalue1   = 162
| statlabel2   = Receiving yards
| statvalue2   = 2,311
| statlabel3   = Receiving [[touchdown]]s
| statvalue3   = 7
| statlabel4   = [[Return yards]]
| statvalue4   = 1,315
| statlabel5   = Return touchdowns
| statvalue5   = 2
| pfr          = GreeJa00 
}}

'''D'Tanyian Jacquez "Quezi" Green''' (born January 15, 1976) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[wide receiver]] and [[punt returner]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for five seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s.  Green played [[college football]] for the [[Florida Gators football|Florida Gators]], earning consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] honors in 1997.  He was a second-round pick in the [[1998 NFL draft]], and played professionally for the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], the [[Washington Redskins]] and the [[Detroit Lions]] of the NFL.

== Early years ==

Green was born in [[Fort Valley, Georgia]] in 1976.<ref name="pfbrprofile">{{Cite web |title=Jacquez Green Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GreeJa00.htm |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>  He attended [[Peach County High School]] in Fort Valley,<ref name=dbfbprofile>databaseFootball.com, Players, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101103073643/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GREENJAC02 Jacquez Green]}}.  Retrieved June 30, 2010.</ref> and was a member of the Peach County Trojans high school football, [[basketball]], and [[track and field]] teams.  Green received all-state honors in football and basketball as a senior, and was also selected to play in the annual Georgia vs. Florida High School All-Star football game.  Green played [[quarterback]] throughout high school, except for his junior season when the Peach County Trojans lost in the state title game; that season he played wide receiver and [[running back]].  He was also a member of the Peach County Trojans' state championship 4x100-meter relay team as a junior.

== College career ==

Green accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where he played wide receiver for coach [[Steve Spurrier]]'s [[Florida Gators football]] team from [[1995 Florida Gators football team|1995]] to [[1997 Florida Gators football team|1997]].<ref name=ufmediaguide>''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402035222/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf |date=April 2, 2012 }}'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 79, 85, 88, 94, 97, 98, 99, 127, 139, 143–145, 147–150, 152, 154, 158, 181 (2011).  Retrieved August 29, 2011.</ref>  He was a three-year [[letterman (sports)|letterman]] and a member of the [[1996 Florida Gators football team|1996 Gators]]' [[Bowl Alliance]] national championship team,<ref name=ufmediaguide/> when he had seven catches for seventy-nine yards in the Gators' 52–20 [[1997 Sugar Bowl|Sugar Bowl]] victory over the [[1996 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State Seminoles]].  Against the [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn Tigers]] in 1997, he scored a rare triple—throwing a [[touchdown]] pass, catching one and running for one.  Green suffered a major injury when he dislocated his hip in the 1995 national championship game against the [[1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska Cornhuskers]].  He may best be remembered for a 58-yard [[reception (American football)|reception]] from quarterback [[Doug Johnson (American football)|Doug Johnson]] late in the 1997 Florida-Florida State game that propelled the underdog Gators over the top-ranked Florida State Seminoles.<ref name=hairston>Jack Hairston, ''Tales from the Gator Swamp'', Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois, pp. 142–143 (2002).</ref>  He was a member of the Gators' [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) championship teams in 1995 and 1996, a first-team All-SEC selection and a consensus first-team All-American in 1997, and was one of the three finalists for the [[Biletnikoff Award]].<ref name=ufmediaguide/><ref>''2012 NCAA Football Records Book'', [http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf Award Winners], National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 10 & 14 (2012).  Retrieved September 14, 2012.</ref>  Green caught sixty-one passes for 1,024 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior before entering the [[NFL Draft]].<ref name=ufmediaguide/>

== Professional career ==

Green was a second-round draft choice (thirty-fourth pick overall) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the [[1998 NFL draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1998 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1998/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played for the Buccaneers for four seasons from {{NFL Year|1998}} to {{NFL Year|2001}}.<ref name=nflprofile>National Football League, Historical Players, [http://www.nfl.com/players/jacquezgreen/profile?id=GRE183760 Jacquez Green].  Retrieved June 30, 2010.</ref>  Green's most productive seasons as a wide receiver were {{NFL Year|1999}}, when he caught 56 passes for 791 yards with three touchdowns (only ten [[Starting lineup|starts]]), and {{NFL Year|2000}}, when he had 51 receptions for 773 yards.<ref name=nflprofile/>  Before the {{NFL Year|2002}} season, he signed as a [[free agent]] with the Washington Redskins and reunited with former Florida Gators and Buccaneers teammate [[Reidel Anthony]].  He was released by the Redskins and signed by the Detroit Lions.  Prior to the {{NFL Year|2003}} season, he signed with his former team, the Buccaneers, and retired.  He ended his NFL career starting 37 of the 66 games in which he played, registering 162 receptions for 2,311 yards and seven touchdowns.<ref name=pfbrprofile/>

== Life after the NFL ==

Green said that he played ''[[Madden NFL]]'' every day, and that "I want to make it to the NFL just to play in this [game] this right here. More than I want to play in the NFL".<ref name="30for30">{{Cite podcast |url=https://30for30podcasts.com/episodes/maddens-game/ |title=Madden's Game |website=30 for 30 Podcasts |publisher=ESPN |last=Wheaton |first=Wil |access-date=2020-09-19}}</ref> He won the annual [[Madden Bowl#Madden Bowl|Madden Bowl]] in 2001 and 2002. Green served as the [[offensive coordinator]] for [[Gibbs High School (St. Petersburg, Florida)|Gibbs High School]] in St. Petersburg, Florida for two successful seasons, and was the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at [[Lincoln High School (Tallahassee, Florida)|Lincoln High School]] in Tallahassee, Florida. Green helped lead Lincoln to the 2010 state championship and a state runner-up performance in 2012.

Green spent one year at [[Valdosta High School]] in [[Valdosta, Georgia]], as their wide receivers coach before returning to Lincoln High School for 3 more seasons. He was previously the offensive coordinator at [[Godby High School]] in Tallahassee, FL. Green helped with a resurgence at Godby High School, after winning 5 games the previous 2 seasons, the Godby Cougars went 10-2 during the 2017 season, and 23–3 over his two-year coaching stint. 
 
In September 2017, Green was inducted into the University of Florida Football Hall of Fame.

Green was announced as the offensive coordinator for the [[Manatee High School]] Hurricanes in [[Bradenton, Florida]] on July 10, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snntv.com/story/40768343/jacquez-green-joins-manatee-coaching-staff|title = Jacquez Green joins Manatee coaching staff}}</ref> In May 2021, Green was named Head Coach of the Hurricanes.

==See also==
{{Portal|American football|Biography|College football}}
* [[History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]
* [[List of Detroit Lions players]]
* [[List of Florida Gators football All-Americans]]
* [[List of Florida Gators in the NFL draft]]
* [[List of Washington Redskins players]]

== References ==

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==Bibliography==
* Carlson, Norm, ''University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators'', Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007).  {{ISBN|0-7948-2298-3}}.
* Golenbock, Peter, ''Go Gators!  An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory'', Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002).  {{ISBN|0-9650782-1-3}}.
* Hairston, Jack, ''Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told'', Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002).  {{ISBN|1-58261-514-4}}.
* McCarthy, Kevin M., ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_Tk-IQepI6cC Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football]'', Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000).  {{ISBN|978-0-7385-0559-6}}.
* Nash, Noel, ed., ''The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football'', Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998).  {{ISBN|1-57167-196-X}}.

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