He rushed for 9,205 yards and scored 60 touchdowns in an incredible pro career. The former Nebraska All-American is one of only two NFL running backs to ever have two touchdown runs of 90 or more yards. The other is Bo Jackson.
His full career stats can be viewed here: http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/1432/ahman-green
Green retired from the NFL officially in 2011. But he hasn't retired from athletics.
What is interesting is that this month Green has been spotted at the Olympic Training facility for a tryout with the USA 7's team. A more extensive article can be found here on RugbyMag
According to an excerpt from the RugbyMag article USA 7's player/coach Matt Hawkins says, “He’s very interested in giving rugby a go and finding a place within rugby and obviously the 7s group, so he came in yesterday and today and we ran him through his paces.”
“We had a look at where he was at and worked with him to see what opportunities are available, from sort of him being ambassador for us to football players and crossovers, but also giving him an opportunity to sort of give it a shot.”
Olympic Rugby continue to change the landscape of rugby in America. This story is just another instance of a growing interest in the sport. Here we go, Rio in 2016!
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