Gerri GreenSouth Team

SUMMARY:

2018 Team Captain
2018 SEC Football Leadership Council
2017 SEC Football Leadership Council
2015 All-SEC Freshman Team

Extremely athletic and physical edge rusher whose leadership has played a pivotal role in the Bulldogs’ success the last three years … Selected by his teammates as the 2018 defensive captain following the spring game … Illustrated his versatility in the 3-4 in 2017 but will move back to defensive end in the 4-3 in 2018 … Has all the tools to play at the next level and likely a 2019 NFL Draft selection … Played in 39 games and has 14 starts to his credit … Forced six turnovers in his career – three forced fumbles and three interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown … Tallied 130 total tackles, 14 tackles for loss and eight sacks … Arrived in Starkville as one of the state of Mississippi’s top recruits in the Class of 2014 and enters his fifth year with the program … Served on MSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) for the 2015-16 athletic year and was elected to the first SEC Football Student-Athlete Leadership Council in back-to-back years of 2017 and 2018 … MSU’s leader in community service and a candidate for the 2018 Wuerffel Trophy.

JUNIOR (2017): Delivered a breakout junior season, starting all 13 games at outside linebacker … Ranked third on the team in tackles for loss (11), third in sacks (5) and was tops on the squad in forced fumbles (3) … Tallied one interception and returned it 84 yards for a touchdown in win vs. Kentucky (10/21) … Finished the year with 38 total tackles … Tied for fourth in the SEC in forced fumbles and was 14thin the league in tackles for loss … Recorded at least one tackle for loss in eight of the 13 games he played … Huge game at Louisiana Tech (9/9), collecting seven tackles, the first two sacks of his career and forcing two fumbles, one which led to a Jeffery Simmons touchdown … Recovered a fumble at Auburn and added a tackle for loss (9/30) … Back-to-back games with 1.5 tackles for loss against UMass (11/4) and Alabama (11/11) … Stepped up in TaxSlayer Bowl victory, sacking Lamar Jackson 1.5 times and finishing with three tackles.

SOPHOMORE (2016): Played in all 13 games with no starts … Collected 43 tackles on the year … Recovered his first career fumble at LSU, when Leonard Fournette was stripped in the fourth quarter (9/17) … Added 0.5 tackles for loss and five tackles in game at LSU … Made a season-high eight tackles at Kentucky (10/22) … Notched six tackles at home against Arkansas (11/19).

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2015): Named to the All-SEC Freshman Team in his first season on the field … Saw action in all 13 games with one start, his first coming in the Belk Bowl … Ranked fifth among all SEC freshmen in tackles with 49 … Led all SEC freshmen linebackers in interceptions with two … Added 2.5 tackles for loss on the year … Made his MSU debut in the season-opening victory at Southern Miss (9/5), tallying three solo tackles … Recorded a game-high seven tackles in the Northwestern State (9/19) win, including 1.5 tackles for loss … Tallied four tackles at No. 14 Texas A&M (10/3) … Registered his first career double-digit tackle game in the Troy (10/10) victory, finishing with a game-high 11 stops … Hauled in his first career interception at Missouri (11/5), notching three tackles and a tackle for loss … Intercepted NC State’s Jacoby Brissett on the first play of scrimmage at the Belk Bowl (12/30) that led to MSU’s first score … Pick came on the first play of his first career start.

REDSHIRT (2014): Practiced but did not play in any games during his true freshman campaign.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-star recruit by 247Sports and Scout.com ... Ranked as the 12th-best prospect in the state by ESPN.com ... Played for head coach Shannon Williams’ Hornets … Invited to participate in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic and Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl ... A member of The Mississippi Press’ Fantastic 15 list of the state’s top collegiate football prospects at the beginning of the 2013 season ... A 2013 Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen selection, just the second in school history joining Quentin Groves (2002) ... A member of the MaxPreps 2013 Mississippi Preseason All-State Football Team and the Mississippi Gridiron 2013 All-Gridiron First Team ... Named to the 2013 247Sports All-State All-Prospect First-Team Defense ... As a senior, tallied 98 tackles with 11.5 for lost yardage and 5.0 sacks ... Broke up seven passes, forced a trio of fumbles and recovered one during 2013 campaign ... On offense, made six catches for 96 yards and two touchdowns ... Selected as the MaxPreps Defensive Player of the Game following performances versus Clarksdale and Gentry ... During junior year, booked 89 tackles, four pass breakups, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles ... On offense, carried just eight times for 37 yards, but caught 10 passes for 172 yards and a pair of touchdowns as a tight end … Coached by Shannon Williams.

PERSONAL: Born Gerri Germaine Green on Sept. 14, 1995, in Jackson, Miss. … Nickname is “G4” … Parents are Gerri Sr. and Valerie Green … Has one sibling, Geoshua … Father played football at Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Looks up to former Bulldog linebacker and Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawk K.J. Wright … Majoring in agribusiness … Twitter handle is @GerriG_14.