| 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 a former American 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 | |