Camp Confidential With Travis Greene

Throughout #BGCamp15, the Bowling Green State University athletics department will be giving fans of @BG_Football an inside look at some of the seniors on this year's team. Today, Travis Greene kicks off our Camp Confidential series.

Camp Confidential With Travis Greene

A standout at wide receiver during his prep days at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Greene and teammate Anthon Samuel decided early on that they would attend the same college to continue their football careers. When BGSU assistant coach Nick Monroe began recruiting the duo from South Florida, Greene (a wide receiver at the time) and Samuel (a running back at the time) fell in love with the Falcons and soon would pledge their allegiance to the Orange and Brown in February of 2011.

Greene and Samuel's careers as Falcons could not have gotten off to more different starts, as Samuel emerged as the Falcons go-to tailback from day one, while Greene appeared in just five games during his first two seasons under Dave Clawson. But, following the 2012 season, Samuel opted to transfer back closer to home to be with his family, opening the door for Greene.

During the spring of 2013, the Falcon coaching staff gave Greene an opportunity to make the switch to running back, with the Falcons lacking depth at the position heading into the 2013 season. Throughout the spring, a time in which teams are allowed just 15 practice sessions, Greene vaulted all the way from the bottom of the depth chart into the conversation as the starting tailback the next season.

Heading into the fall of 2013, Falcon fans were not sure what to expect out of the running back position. Greene quickly silenced all of the questions that season, rushing for a school record 1,594 yards on the ground. The Miami native became the Falcons' offensive workhorse, rushing 22 times in a week one win over Tulsa for 88 yards. He broke onto the scene the very next week at Kent State, rushing for 145 yards on 24 carries. It was the first of a school-record nine 100-yard rushing performances during the 2013 season for the 5-10 running back.

Over the latter half of 2013 was when Greene really turned it on. As most teams, and especially running backs are wearing down in November and December, Greene was just getting into midseason form. Over the final four regular season games of the 2013 season, and then the MAC Championship win over Northern Illinois, Greene rushed for 649 yards (all 100-yard performances) to propel the Falcons to the top of the Mid-American Conference for the first time in 21 seasons.

Greene was back for an encore in 2014, rushing for almost 1,000 yards despite missing two games due to injury (and most of a third). Despite getting 99 less carries during the 2014 season, Greene rushed for 12 touchdowns. He also flashed signs of his wide receiver days, catching 27 passes out of the backfield.

Now, as Greene prepares for his final season in the Orange and Brown, he sits with a chance to make history and leave his lasting legacy on Bowling Green football for years to come. His 2,553 career rushing yards have him sitting 5th all-time in the record books at BGSU, less than 1,000 yards away from becoming the Falcons all-time leading rusher.

After earning All-MAC honors at running back in each of the past two seasons, Greene has his sights set higher than that. This preseason, he was named to the illustrious Doak Walker Award watch list, which annually recognizes the best running back in the country.

Additionally, Greene and his teammates are looking to get the bad taste out of their mouth left from last season's MAC Championship loss to Northern Illinois. The Falcons, in Greene's final season, will look to make their third consecutive appearance in the MAC Championship Game at Ford Field on the first Friday in December this season.

Finally, Greene is looking forward to accomplishing one final goal this season that he and his teammates have had since setting foot on campus over four years ago: Beating Toledo. He will have the chance to leave his mark on BGSU football when the Falcons host the Rockets on Nov. 17 for Greene's Senior Day.

Five years ago Falcon fans may not have known who Travis Greene was, but he is working hard to make sure they remember his name for years to come.

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