Eastern Michigan Athletics
2025 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 9
Donovan Green
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Palmetto, La.
- High School:
- Opelousas Catholic
EMU: 2025: Was named the Harold E. Sponberg Down Lineman Award recipient as the team’s top down lineman…Started all 12 games…Totaled 55 tackles with 11 solo and 44 assisted stops…Recorded 3.0 tackles for loss for 20 yards…Added 1.5 sacks for 17 yards…Posted two quarterback hurries on the season…2024: Named to the 2025 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society…Appeared in all 12 games with four starts…Finished with 20 tackles including four solo and 16 assisted…Recorded one tackle for loss for five yards…Added 0.5 sacks for four yards…Tallied two quarterback hurries…Forced a fumble against Central Michigan on Oct. 19…NORTHWESTERN STATE: Earned a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering in 2024…Played parts of three seasons under Head Coach Brad Laird…2023: Team defensive captain…Started all six games prior to the season being canceled…Recorded his second sack of the season and blocked an extra point at Lamar on Oct. 7…Forced and recovered a goal-line fumble against Eastern Illinois on Sept. 30…Recorded his first career interception against Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 16…Posted a career high two tackles for loss, one sack, and one forced fumble at UL Lafayette on Sept. 2…Led the team with three sacks and seven quarterback pressures…Ranked second on the team with five tackles for loss…Named Fall All Academic Southland Conference…2022: Started 10 of 11 games…Ranked second among defensive linemen with 31 tackles…Recorded at least one tackle in every game…Finished with six quarterback hurries…Posted a season high five tackles at Southern Miss on Sept. 17…2021 (Fall): Started all 11 games at nose tackle…Recorded 27 tackles…Recovered a fumble against Houston Baptist on Nov. 6…Posted a half sack at Houston Baptist on Oct. 9…2021 (Spring): Appeared in four games and recorded four tackles…HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Opelousas Catholic and played under Head Coach Thomas David…Three-sport standout in football, basketball, and track…Named first team all-state by the LSWA and the LHSCA…Earned All Acadiana, all metro, all district, and all parish honors…Named district and parish Defensive MVP after recording 117 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, five forced fumbles, and four fumble recoveries as a senior…Helped lead the Vikings to a 9 2 record and a second-round playoff appearance…Scored over 1,000 career points in basketball…Four-year track and field letterwinner…State runner-up in the discus and set the school record…Graduated magna cum laude with a 3.95 GPA and was a Beta Club member…PERSONAL: Full name Donovan Ray Green…Son of Donald Green and Evelyn Daniel…Has one brother, Devonta Brown, and one sister, Erica Janice…Earned a graduate certificate in business in Winter 2025.
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