'09 GA DE Shayon Green (Purdue Verbal)

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Tifton (GA) Tift County

Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 225 lbs
Forty: 4.62 secs
GPA: 3.5

Originally Posted by Scout Evaluation

A defensive end for his Tift County team, Green is a high motor player that gives outstanding effort on every play. He needs to work on his quickness in all aspects from first step to lateral movement to change of direction, but with his effort level, and the proper strength and conditioning, he has the potential to be a productive college player - Scott Kennedy, Scout.com

Tifton Gazette - Green verbally commits to Purdue

Published August 06, 2008 10:27 pm -

By Steve Carter/Sports Editor

TIFTON - For the third straight year, the Tift County Blue Devils will have a football player heading to a major Division I university

Shayon Green announced Wednesday he has verbally committed to continue his career and education at Purdue University. The Boilermakers were one of 15 schools to have either talked to Green, or offered him a scholarship for the 2009 season.

Green will join a pair of former Tift County teammates at a Division I university during the 2009 season. Tift had a player go to a Southeastern Conference university off of the 2006 team, Israel Troupe to Georgia, and a player go to an Atlantic Coast Conference school off of the 2007 team, Zach Allen to North Carolina State.

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ESPN- College Football Recruiting On the Trail 2009

Shayon Green heading north to play for Purdue
Defensive end Shayon Green committed to sign with the Boilermakers on Wednesday, the Tifton Gazette reports.
He commented on the decision, "I can get an education in what I want to study (physical therapy), and I think I could get a chance to play as a true freshman."