Raven Greene

Raven Avery Greene (born February 2, 1995) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the James Madison Dukes and signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2018.

Early life Greene attended and played high school football at First Colonial High School.

College career Greene played college football at James Madison University. He played in 58 games, recording 154 tackles with 34 passes broken up and 14 interceptions.

Professional career

Green Bay Packers 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.

Throughout training camp, Greene competed against Jermaine Whitehead to be the primary backup free safety behind starter Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. 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.

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. 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.

On September 16, 2019, Greene was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury. He was designated for return from injured reserve on January 2, 2020, and began practicing with the team again. He was activated on January 18, 2020, prior to the National Football Conference Championship game.

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. He was placed on injured reserve on December 9, 2020.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers On May 5, 2021, Greene signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was waived/injured on August 18, 2021, and placed on injured reserve. He was released on August 27.

NFL career statistics +Regular season statistics Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Comb Total Ast Sack Int Yards Avg Long TD PD FF FR 2018 GB 8 0 5 4 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2019 GB 2 1 7 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2020 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