At age 10, his mother died and Green moved to live with his father in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he played football and basketball at Crestwood High School.
[4] In Green's senior year, Purdue went 4–6 under head coach Bob DeMoss, with one of the highlights of the season being an upset 26–14 win over Stanford.
[5] Some of Green's teammates on that Purdue squad that would go on to play in the NFL include quarterback Gary Danielson, Running back Otis Armstrong and wide receiver Darryl Stingley.
[6] Green played in ten games his rookie season, starting nine of them as the Bills struggled to an 1–13 record under coach Harvey Johnson.
In 1974, Green only started 10 games, but he recorded his only pass reception, a one yarder from quarterback Joe Ferguson in a 24–16 loss to the Miami Dolphins.