2017 Football Roster
Cameron Green
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 230
- Position:
- SB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Buffalo Grove, Ill.
- High School:
- Stevenson
2018: Started all 14 games at super back in his junior season, earning an All-Big Ten honorable mention selection … Recorded a career-high 11 receptions for 125 yards and scored two touchdowns against Akron (9/15) … Also posted first career multi-touchdown game versus the Zips … Hauled in a 21-yard touchdown catch from Clayton Thorson in the third quarter against No. 20 Michigan State (10/6) … Registered a reception in 12 out of 13 games this season … Added a touchdown against Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship (12/1) … Hauled in seven receptions for 46 yards against No. 17 Utah in the Holiday Bowl (12/31).
2017: Appeared in 11 games for the Wildcats at superback ... Finished the regular season with 20 receptions, 170 yards, and 2 touchdowns, all career-highs ... Caught his first career touchdown against Wisconsin, a one-yard pass from Clayton Thorson ... Corralled a team-high six receptions for 49 yards in the 37-21 win at Maryland ... Hauled in a 14-yard touchdown reception in the first overtime of the 3OT win over No. 16 Michigan St., finishing with six receptions for 76 yards ... Also added a career-long 25-yard reception versus MSU ... Made at least two catches in four games ... Had a stretch of three games from Oct. 14 to Oct. 28 in which he caught 13 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown ... Named the Offensive Big Playmaker following the Maryland game and Offensive Player of the Week following the Michigan St. game by the NU coaching staff.
2015: Redshirted his first season in Evanston.
High School: Rated as a three-star prospect, the No. 4 wide receiver in Illinois and the No. 17 overall recruit in the state by Scout ... Ranked as the No. 15 recruit in Illinois by 247Sports ... Helped Stevenson H.S. win an IHSA 8A state championship in 2014 ... Team captain ... Two-time All-State honoree ... Three-time All-Area selection ... 2013 Daily Herald Player of the Year ... Part of three North Suburban Conference championship teams ... Played wide receiver, defensive back, kicked, punted and returned both kickoffs and punts for the Patriots ... Caught 140 passes and 27 touchdowns between 2012-14 ... Netted 2,311 receiving yards and 3,000 all-purpose yards at Stevenson ... Also played four years of basketball for the Patriots.
Personal: Born Cameron Anthony Green in Highland Park, Ill. ... Son of Sandra Kanardy and Mark Green ... Father, Mark, played collegiately at Notre Dame and in the NFL for the Chicago Bears ... Chose Northwestern over offers from several Big Ten teams including Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Purdue ... Enjoys drawing in his free time ... Major is learning and organizational change.
