Greg Little | |
Current Team: | Free agent |
Position: | Offensive tackle |
Birth Date: | November 4, 1997 |
Birth Place: | Allen, Texas, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 310 |
High School: | Allen (TX) |
College: | Ole Miss (2016–2018) |
Draftyear: | 2019 |
Draftround: | 2 |
Draftpick: | 37 |
Pastteams: |
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Highlights: | |
Statleague: | NFL |
Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 31 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 13 |
Pfr: | LittGr01 |
Gregory Lamar Little (born November 4, 1997) is an American football offensive tackle who is a free agent. He played college football at Ole Miss.
A native of Allen, Texas, Little attended Allen High School, where he was a three-year starter on the offensive line. Blocking for quarterback Kyler Murray, Little helped Allen to back-to-back 16–0 seasons and 6A Division 1 UIL state championships in 2013 and 2014. In Little's senior season, Allen went undefeated again until they were upset by Sam Ehlinger's Austin Westlake team in the state championship semifinals.[1]
Regarded as a five-star recruit, Little was ranked as the No. 2 prospect overall, behind Rashan Gary, in the class of 2016 by ESPN.[2] After his junior season, Little verbally committed to Texas A&M, who had signed Allen quarterback Kyler Murray, only to decommit a few days later.[3] Little eventually chose Ole Miss over scholarship offers from Alabama, Auburn, Texas A&M, Louisiana State, and others.
In his true freshman year at Ole Miss, Little played in every game with five starts at left tackle, where he replaced Laremy Tunsil.[4] On December 10, 2018, Little declared for the 2019 NFL draft.[5]
Little was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the second round with the 37th overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft.[6] He played in four games, starting three at left tackle, before being placed on injured reserve on December 14, 2019.[7] He was placed on the active/physically unable to perform list at the start of training camp on July 28, 2020,[8] and was moved back to the active roster four days later.[9]
Little was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on December 7, 2020,[10] and activated two days later.[11] In 2020, he started three games at left tackle before being placed on injured reserve on December 17, 2020.[12]
On August 17, 2021, Little was traded to the Miami Dolphins for a 2022 seventh-round pick.[13] He was placed on injured reserve on November 17, 2021.[14]
Entering the 2022 season, Little was listed as Austin Jackson's backup at right tackle.[15] However, with Jackson ruled out for the Dolphins second game of the season (against the Baltimore Ravens), Little was called into the starting lineup and excelled in a record-breaking fourth-quarter comeback win for the Dolphins.[16] [17] After teammates had struggled in the previous few games at left tackle, Little was moved to left tackle for the Dolphins' week 6 game against the Vikings. However, he received plenty of criticism after giving up a 15.7% pressure rate.[18] This performance earned Little a PFF pass blocking grade of just 1.5 out of a scale of 0-100.[19]
On May 4, 2023, Little signed with the Houston Texans.[20] He was placed on injured reserve on August 7, 2023.[21] He was released on August 15.