Defenses that can’t bear to watch their units surrender 300 passing yards or more each week will know that the upcoming NFL Draft is stocked with cornerback talent.
Renardo Green is one name to get used to ahead of the league’s next major event. It’s time to dive into his background from intangibles, recruitment, and finally, determining his potential in the NFL.
How Tall Is Renardo Green?
There are teams that prefer towering options that surpass the 6’0″ mark. This is largely due to franchises attempting to match opposing wideouts through height as well as other traits needed to slow down receivers.
Does Green meet the 6’0″ mark?
Green checks in at 5’11” 1/2 ahead of the draft. Some will believe he’s undersized, but there have been several defenses in the past that have had little trouble with developing CBs of his stature.
How Much Does Green Weigh?
This part could draw some concerns from NFL teams.
Nowadays, defenses prefer their CBs close to the 200-pound range. Others have thrived with 210-pounders or heavier.
Green, though, weighs in at 187 pounds, giving him a wiry frame compared to the average NFL cornerback.
Green was even light when he entered college, as he reportedly weighed 164 pounds during his senior season of high school.
How Old Is Green?
Green’s age won’t be considered a concern for NFL teams. His age will attract a lot of teams seeking experience at his position.
Green comes into the league at 23 years old. He was born Nov. 9, 2000.
With his age, Green enters the pro ranks having played in a bevy of contests against future NFL talent.
What School Did Green Go To?
Despite his rather thin frame and three-star status as a recruit, Green garnered a bevy of collegiate attention on the recruiting trail.
In starring for Wekiva High in Apopka, Fla., he reeled in 21 reported offers, according to 247Sports. Despite a strong push by Ohio State, Green stayed in-state and chose Florida State, joining the Seminoles’ 2019 recruiting class.
From there, Green blossomed into the next-best cornerback from a school that once had future Super Bowl winners Deion Sanders and Jalen Ramsey walking around the campus.
Revisiting Green’s College Career
Size concerns were eliminated in Tallahassee for Green. He saw immediate action and became an eventual starter.
Green played in 41 total games for the Seminoles. He racked up 148 total tackles, 101 solo stops, seven tackles for loss, and broke up 22 passes.
He wasn’t just lining up against past four- or five-star talents at FSU. Green was even holding his own against potential top-10 draft pick Malik Nabers early in 2023.
Green picked off Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels in that same game against LSU.
Even when FSU was stockpiling its roster with cornerback depth by hitting the transfer portal, Green didn’t duck the competition and instead remained in Tallahassee. But Green believes he saw the most growth during the final two seasons of his college career.
“My last two years, I felt like I progressed,” Green said during his FSU Pro Day interview on March 21. “In 2022, it was a decent year for me. But I knew that in 2023, I had a lot more that I could bring out — and I showed that.”
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Green is his own worst critic in looking back at his breakthrough 2023, which he’s also using as fuel ahead of his pro career.
“There’s still a lot more plays that I could have made out there,” Green said. “But just being able to play my first two full seasons in my last two years of college was a big help for me to showcase my abilities and what I can do. I feel like my best ball is yet to come.”
Green’s Potential in the NFL
Could Green crash Day 1 of the draft and be a first-round pick?
It’s a loaded cornerback class, and PFN Consensus projects four corners landing in the first round and then three more CBs getting plucked in the early second round by selection No. 50.
Pro Football Network draft analyst Ian Cummings believes Green is fully capable of avoiding the draft’s final day, calling him a top-100 prospect.
“Green’s background will be appealing to NFL teams. He joined the Seminoles as a three-star recruit in 2019, built his way up, and battled through injuries. He could’ve transferred in 2023 with Fentrell Cypress joining the fold, but instead, he stayed in Tallahassee and became an all-conference performer,” Cummings said.
Cummings notes how Green can thrive in man-heavy schemes while serving as a strong rotational piece out of the gate. He cites Green’s matchup with Nabers as proof the Seminole is NFL material.
“He fought admirably against LSU’s Malik Nabers early in the year, proving his athleticism was more than a match for the Tigers’ top prospect. And he also gave evaluators a gauge for his talent at the NFL level,” Cummings said.
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What Green lacks in size and consistent footwork, he makes up for in tenacity, closing speed, and coverage patience.
Even in a deep cornerback class, Green is projected to be taken before Day 3 of the draft begins.
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