{{Short description|American football player (born 2004)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college football player |name=Cayden Green |school=Missouri Tigers |currentnumber=70 |currentposition=Offensive tackle |class=Senior |birth_date={{birth date and age|2004|11|15}}<ref name=birthday>{{cite tweet|user=CaydenGreen3|number=1460278683609018374|title=All Glory to God… Year 17 🖤|access-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref> |birth_place= |heightft=6 |heightin=5 |weight_lb=324 |highschool=Lee's Summit North {{nowrap|(Lee's Summit, Missouri)}} |pastschools= *Oklahoma (2023) *Missouri (2024–present) |highlights= * First-team All-SEC (2025) |espn=4870727 }}
'''Cayden Green''' (born November 15, 2004)<ref name=birthday /> is an American college football offensive tackle for the Missouri Tigers. He previously played for the Oklahoma Sooners.
==Early life== Green attended Lee's Summit North High School in Lee's Summit, Missouri. He was rated as a four-star recruit and committed to play college football for the Oklahoma Sooners.<ref>{{cite web |last=Curtwright |first=Austin |title=Cayden Green, 4-star offensive lineman from Missouri, commits to Oklahoma |url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/cayden-green-4-star-offensive-lineman-from-missouri-commits-to-oklahoma/article_339b292a-ff09-11ec-86b4-e782d0214409.html |website=Tulsa World |date=8 July 2022 |access-date=26 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Baily |first=Eric |title=How did Cayden Green commit to OU? With help from workout videos and former Sooners stars Creed Humphrey and Orlando Brown |url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/ou/how-did-cayden-green-commit-to-ou-with-help-from-workout-videos-and-former-sooners/article_2020eeaa-7bed-11ed-a16d-f739487ce694.html |website=Tulsa World |date=14 December 2022 |access-date=26 April 2024}}</ref>
==College career== === Oklahoma === As a freshman in 2023, Green appeared in 12 games for the Sooners, making five starts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Mason |title=OU freshman OL starter Cayden Green enters NCAA transfer portal, per report |url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/ou/ou-freshman-ol-starter-cayden-green-enters-ncaa-transfer-portal-per-report/article_7e1d0e8c-9922-11ee-9da3-176f3279bd59.html |website=Tulsa World |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> After the season, he entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bailey |first=Eric |title=Cayden Green's abrupt departure from OU also being grasped by his high school |url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/ou/cayden-greens-abrupt-departure-from-ou-also-being-grasped-by-his-high-school/article_e3b32ab4-9ac2-11ee-8e46-7f44a4620717.html |website=Tulsa World |date=14 December 2023 |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
=== Missouri === Green transferred to play for the Missouri Tigers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hartley |first1=Maddie |date=December 19, 2023 |title=Mizzou football lands former Lee's Summit North OL Cayden Green from transfer portal |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article283280183.html |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Kansas City Star}}</ref> He started at left guard throughout the 2024 season and switched to left tackle for the 2025 season.
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *[https://soonersports.com/sports/football/roster/cayden-green/16173 Oklahoma Sooners bio] *[https://mutigers.com/sports/football/roster/cayden-green/20789 Missouri Tigers bio]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Cayden}} Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:Players of American football from Missouri Category:Sportspeople from Lee's Summit, Missouri Category:American football offensive tackles Category:Oklahoma Sooners football players Category:Missouri Tigers football players Category:21st-century American sportsmen