Packers: Top 10 Green Bay Packers not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
By Phil Watson
Ahman Green (34) celebrates a touchdown in a Dec. 27, 2009, game at Lambeau Field against the Seattle Seahawks. (Photo by Mike Morbeck/Flickr.com/This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.)
4. Ahman Green, RB (2000-06, 2009)
Shortly after Mike Holmgren departed the Packers to become coach and general manager of the Seattle Seahawks, the teams engaged in several deals. One of those, in April 2000, brought running back Ahman Green to Green Bay, along with a 2000 fifth-round pick in exchange for cornerback Fred Vinson and a 2000 sixth-rounder.
It’s safe to say the Packers won the deal.
Green rushed for a Packers’ single-season record 1,883 yards in 2003—one of his four Pro Bowl seasons in Green Bay—and topped the 1,000-yard mark six times in his first seven seasons with the club.
He left as a free agent to the Houston Texans after the 2006 season, but came back as a backup for the Packers, signing as a free agent in October 2009 and rushing for 160 yards in eight games, enough to pass Jim Taylor as the all-time franchise rushing leader with 8,322 yards and also scored a total of 68 touchdowns for the team.
He finished his 12-year NFL career with 9,205 yards and 60 rushing scores.
He retired in 2011 after going unsigned for the entire 2010 season.
Green played at Nebraska and is now a co-owner of the Indoor Football League’s Green Bay Blizzard.
Now 38, Green was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2014.
Realistic Hall Chances: Not great, considering the going rate for entry seems to be the 10,000-yard barrier, which Green fell short of. However, 2015 was his first year eligible for consideration, but it doesn’t seem likely his candidacy will pick up a lot of steam in the future.
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