| Raven Greene | |
| Currentteam: | Free agent |
| Number: | 36, 24 |
| Position: | Safety |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. |
| High School: | First Colonial (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lbs: | 197 |
| College: | James Madison |
| Undraftedyear: | 2018 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Highlights: | |
| Statlabel1: | Total tackles |
| Statvalue1: | 52 |
| Statlabel2: | Forced fumbles |
| Statvalue2: | 2 |
| Statlabel3: | Fumble recoveries |
| Statvalue3: | 0 |
| Statlabel4: | Pass deflections |
| Statvalue4: | 7 |
| Statlabel5: | Interceptions |
| Statvalue5: | 1 |
| Statlabel6: | Sacks |
| Statvalue6: | 2.5 |
| Pfr: | G/GreeRa02 |
Raven Avery Greene (born February 2, 1995) is an American former professional football safety. He played college football at James Madison and signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2018.[1]
Greene attended and played high school football at First Colonial High School.[2]
Greene played college football at James Madison University.[3] He played in 58 games, recording 154 tackles with 34 passes broken up and 14 interceptions.
On May 4, 2018, the Green Bay Packers signed Greene to a three-year, $1.71 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $3,500.[4] [5]
Throughout training camp, Greene competed against Jermaine Whitehead to be the primary backup free safety behind starter Ha Ha Clinton-Dix.[6] Head coach Mike McCarthy named Greene the third free safety on the Packers’ depth chart to begin the regular season, behind Clinton-Dix and Whitehead.[7]
Greene was inactive as a healthy scratch for the first two regular season games. On September 23, 2018, he made his professional regular season debut in a Week 3 loss to the Washington Redskins. On October 30, 2018, the Packers traded Clinton-Dix to the Redskins.[8] As a result, Greene became the primary backup free safety behind Whitehead. The Packers placed Greene on injured reserve on December 8, 2018, with an ankle injury.[9]
On September 16, 2019, Greene was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury.[10] He was designated for return from injured reserve on January 2, 2020, and began practicing with the team again.[11] He was activated on January 18, 2020, prior to the National Football Conference Championship game.[12]
In Week 9 of the 2020 season against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday Night Football, Greene recorded his first career interception off a pass thrown by Nick Mullens during the 34–17 win.[13] He was placed on injured reserve on December 9, 2020.[14]
On May 5, 2021, Greene signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[15] He was waived/injured on August 18, 2021, and placed on injured reserve.[16] He was released on August 27.[17]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sack | Int | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | PD | FF | FR | ||
| GB | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| GB | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| GB | 10 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 1.5 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 7 | 50 | 34 | 18 | 2.5 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |