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Cornell Green
 Cornell Green
Profession:
NFL Offensive Lineman/Oakland Raiders

PRO: Experienced veteran who has played both tackle slots during NFL career...Has played in 61 games with 18 starts...Appeared on the rosters of the N.Y. Jets and Miami before the Dolphins traded him to Tampa Bay before the 2002 season...Joined the Broncos in 2004...Re-joined Tampa Bay in 2006 as a reserve.

2008: 9/8 vs. DEN: Started at RT... 9/14 @ KC: Started at RT...Helped Raiders rush for 300 yards...Part of an offensive line that did not concede a sack... 9/21 @ BUF: Started at RT... 9/28 vs. SD: Started at RT...10/12 @ NO: Started at RT... 10/19 vs. NYJ: Started at RT... 10/26 @ BAL: Started at RT...11/2 vs. ATL: Started at RT...11/9 vs. CAR: Started at RT... 11/16 @ MIA: Started at RT...11/23 @ DEN: Started RT...Part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack...11/30 vs. KC: Started RT...Part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack...12/4 @ SD: Started at RT...12/14 vs. NE: Started at RT...12/21 vs. HOU: Started at RT...12/28 @ TB: Started at RT.

2007: Started 10 games at right tackle for the Raiders...Suffered a leg injury late in the season and was placed on Injured Reserve for the remainder of the season.

2006: Played in 15 games for Tampa Bay, missing only the season opener...Primarily used as the second team LT...(9/17) @ ATL: Contributed to an offensive line that cleared the way for a 313-yard passing performance...(12/17) @ CHI: Helped offensive line block for QB to pass for 268 yards.

2004: Inactive for 13 of 16 games, as he was hampered early in the year by a groin injury suffered late in the preseason...Did not log any game action on the year...Dressed for the final three games during the regular season: (12/19) @ KC, (12/25) @ TN and (1/2) vs. IND.

COLLEGE: Played four seasons (1995-98) at the University of Central Florida... Started all 11 games in each of his final three seasons at both left and right tackle... Was voted as the team's Outstanding Offensive Lineman as a sophomore, junior and senior... Was originally recruited to UCF as a defensive lineman but was converted to the offensive line during his redshirt freshman season... Was a college teammate of NFL QB Daunte Culpepper while at UCF... Majored in criminal justice.

PERSONAL: Attended Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg and the University of Central Florida in Orlando... In the fall of 1999, unloaded and stacked newspapers for the St. Petersburg Times... Born Cornell Duane Green on August 25, 1976 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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