{{Short description|American football player (born 1999)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Antoine Green | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | current_team = | number = 80, 18 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|15}} | birth_place = Rockledge, Florida, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 200 | high_school = Rockledge | college = North Carolina (2018–2022) | undraftedyear = | draftyear = 2023 | draftround = 7 | draftpick = 219 | pastteams = * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2023}}–{{NFL Year|2024}}) | status = | statweek = | statseason = | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 1 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 2 | statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns | statvalue3 = | highlights = * Third-team All-ACC (2022) | pfr = GreeAn00 }}
'''Antoine Green''' (born November 15, 1999) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
==College career== As a freshman at North Carolina in 2018, Green appeared in five games at wide receiver and on special teams, and posted four receptions for 45 yards. On October 20, 2018, he suffered a season-ending leg injury in an overtime loss to Syracuse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Jonathan M. |date=October 23, 2018 |title=After gruesome injury, UNC freshman WR Antoine Green is doing well, says Larry Fedora |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/article220487415.html |access-date=April 29, 2023 |newspaper=The News & Observer}}</ref> As a sophomore in 2019, he appeared in 10 games and made two starts at wide receiver, posting eight receptions for 217 yards and two touchdowns. As a junior in 2020, Green appeared in 11 games, and made one start at wide receiver and on special teams.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/football/roster/antoine-green/23330 |title=Antoine Green Bio |website=goheels.com |access-date=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
As a senior in 2021, he started all 13 games at wide receiver, and ranked second on the team in receptions (31), receiving yards (612) and receiving touchdowns (5). He ranked second in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and 12th nationally, averaging 19.7 yards per reception.<ref name="Bio"/>
He suffered a collarbone injury in a preseason scrimmage and missed the first three games of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tarheelswire.usatoday.com/2022/11/21/unc-wide-receiver-antoine-green-back-at-practice-this-week/ |title=UNC wide receiver Antoine Green back at practice this week |newspaper=USA Today |first=Alec |last=Laslez |date=November 21, 2022 |access-date=April 29, 2023}}</ref> As a fifth-year senior in 2022, he appeared in nine games, and made eight starts at wide receiver, and ranked second on the team in receptions (43), yards receiving (798), receiving touchdowns (7) and receiving yards per game (88.67).<ref name="Bio"/> Following the season he was named third-team All-ACC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theacc.com/news/2022/11/29/athlete-awards-clemson-leads-with-12-selection-to-all-acc-football-teams.aspx |title=Clemson Leads With 12 Selection to All-ACC Football Teams |website=theacc.com |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=April 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-draft-wide-receiver-antoine-green |title=Lions draft wide receiver Antoine Green |website=detroitlions.com |first=Tim |last=Twentyman |date=April 29, 2023 |access-date=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 1 3/4 | weight = 199 | dash = 4.47 | ten split = 1.54 | twenty split = 2.58 | shuttle = 4.27 | cone drill = 6.99 | vertical = 33.5 | broad ft = 10 | broad in = 3 | arm span = 32 1/8 | hand span = 9 | note = All values from NFL Combine<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/antoine-green/32004752-4506-2049-c884-39c1e1941fd8 |title=Antoine Green Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1023440&DraftYear=2023 |title=2023 NFL Draft Scout Antoine Green College Football Profile |access-date=May 1, 2023 |website=DraftScout.com}}</ref> }}
Green was selected by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round, 219th overall, of the 2023 NFL draft.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2023/04/29/detroit-lions-pick-antoine-green-nfl-draft-2023/70166697007/ |title=Detroit Lions pick North Carolina WR Antoine Green in 7th round of NFL draft 2023 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |first=Dave |last=Birkett |date=April 29, 2023 |access-date=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
Green was waived with an injury designation on August 12, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Risdon |first=Jeff |date=12 August 2024 |title=Lions sign a new quarterback, waive Antoine Green with an injury |url=https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2024/08/12/lions-roster-moves-sign-jake-fromm-ty-summers-ike-boettger-antoine-green-injury/ |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=Lions Wire|publisher=USA Today}}</ref>
On April 29, 2025, Green was waived by the Lions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alper |first=Josh |date=April 29, 2025 |title=Lions waive WR Antoine Green |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/lions-waive-wr-antoine-green |access-date=30 April 2025 |website=NBC Sports}}</ref> Green announced his retirement from professional football on August 28, 2025.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=the_det_times|author=The Detroit Times|number=1961105546213294103|title=Former Lions 2023 7th-Round pick Antoine Green has announced his retirement via IG: “I suffered a spinal cord injury last year that left me with no choice but to step away from football.”|date=August 28, 2025|access-date=December 1, 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== {{footballstats|yahoo=40281}} *[https://goheels.com/sports/football/roster/antoine-green/23330 North Carolina Tar Heels bio]
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