Trenton Greene

Liberty

Sep 13 (Sat)

5 p.m.

Photo by: BGSU Marketing and Communications

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
5-9
Weight:
214
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Miami Gardens, Fla.
High School:
Monsignor Edwards Pace

2016: Second-team All-MAC … Nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, given to the best player in college football who started their career as a walk-on … Started all 12 games for the Falcons … Led the team with 111 tackles, including a team-high 54 solo. Ranked fourth in the MAC in tackles and 28^th in the country … Had four sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss … Added an interception, two pass break-ups and a quarterback hurry … Forced three fumbles on the season, tied for third-most in the MAC and 27^th nationally, and recovered one … His 16 tackles at Ohio State were the most in a game for a Falcon this year … Closed the year with three tackles for loss and two quarterback sacks in a win over Buffalo … Forced two fumbles in a 38-28 win at Akron … Had at least 10 tackles in a game four times and had 7.0 tackles for loss during the team’s three-game win streak to close the year … Named MAC East Division Defensive Player of the Week following his eight tackle performance against Buffalo in which he added three tackles for loss, two sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

2015: Played in and started all 14 games for the Falcons at linebacker … earned second team All-MAC honors … earned a scholarship in August following fall camp … recorded 127 tackles (67 ua, 60 a) … added 8.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks … had a fumble recovery to go along with three quarterback hurries and two pass breakups … registered double-digit tackle totals in eight games … made 12 tackles in the season opener at Tennessee (Sept. 5) … had 2.0 tackles for loss in a win at Maryland (Sept. 12) … had 10 tackles in the home opener against Memphis … tied his season high with 12 tackles (10 us, 2 a) with a sack in a win on the road at Purdue (Sept. 26) … had 1.5 tackles for loss in a shutout win at Kent State (Oct. 24) … had 43 tackles over the next four games, reaching double digits in each … had 11 tackles with a sack in a win over Ohio (Nov. 4) … also recorded 11 tackles with a fumble recovery in the MAC East-clinching win at WMU (Nov. 11) … had 11 tackles against arch-rival Toledo (Nov. 17) … registered 10 total tackles in the regular season finale at Ball State … had 10 tackles with a TFL in the GoDaddy Bowl against Georgia Southern.

2014: Did not play.

2013: Did not attend Bowling Green State University.

2012: Played in 13 games ... made 10 tackles on special teams, including two versus Rhode Island and Ohio, both BGSU wins.

High School: Is a 2011 graduate of Monsignor Edwards Pace High School ... two time-team captain ... earned first-team All-Dade County as a senior and second-team as a junior ... earned first-team all-state his senior year ... led Dade County in tackles as a senior.

Personal: Full name -- Trenton Darren Greene ... son of Tawana and Calton Howard ... born Oct. 16, 1993 ... has two brothers and one sister ... majoring in liberal studies.