Biography
2023: Ended Columbia career with 330 completions, which ranks No. 9 on the program’s all-time list … Saw action in seven games, starting final five of season … Completed 93-of-167 passes (56 percent) for 780 yards and four passing touchdowns … Went 24-for-60 for 215 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Harvard … Made first start of the year at Dartmouth, going 25-of-41 for 239 yards and a rushing touchdown.
2022: Started first five games of season before going down with season-ending injury … Threw for 947 yards and seven touchdowns, completing 64.0 percent of his passes … Went 15-of-21 for 188 yards and three touchdowns in win over Wagner … Posted a career-high 270 yards in the air to go with a pair of touchdowns and completed 23-of-32 passes in victory over Georgetown … Tossed two TD passes and was 15-of-21 in season-opening win over Marist.
2021: Earned ECAC Region Rookie of the Year honors as a quarterback … Named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year as a sophomore quarterback … First quarterback and the first Columbia player since 2007 (Alex Gross) to earn the Ivy League Rookie of the Year award … Became the first quarterback at Columbia to earn an Ivy League postseason award since John Witkowski ’84 won the Bushnell Cup in 1982 … Earned three Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards, including in back-to-back weeks (Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 15) … Earned the Ken Gerrmann Rookie of the Year award at team banquet … Finalist for Columbia’s on-campus Rookie of the Year award … Started and played in all 10 games as Columbia’s quarterback … Ranked among the top-5 Ivy League leaders in every passing statistic while throwing for 1,590 yards and 10 touchdowns, 159.0 yards passing per game, and finished with a 55.8 completion percentage (148 of 265), and rushed for 22 yards on 38 carries and one touchdown in 10 games started … Threw just three interceptions in 265 passes as he set the school-record for lowest percentage of passes had intercepted (0.011) in a season … Guided Columbia to a 7-3 overall record and 4-3 Ivy League record … Completed nine of 23 passes for 83 yards and two touchdowns (29-yard pass to Wills Meyer, 6-yard pass to Bryson Canty) and rushed two times for 12 yards in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Threw a career-high three touchdown passes (4-yards, 60-yards, go-ahead 7-yarder to Bryson Canty), completed 12 of 22 passes for 176 yards with a long of 60 yards and rushed four times for 17 yards vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Became the first Columbia quarterback to throw three touchdown passes in four years … Completed 18 of 35 passes for 223 yards with a long of 44 vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Completed 22 of a career-high 44 passes for a career-high of 223 yards at Yale (Oct. 30) … Completed 63.6 percent (14 of 22) of passes for 98 yards and a clutch 25-yard touchdown pass to Mike Roussos, and rushed seven times for 19 yards in 19-0 win at No. 25 Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Threw for 182 yards on 12 of 22 passes and a 41-yard touchdown pass to Wills Meyer vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Completed 58.3 percent (14 of 24) of his passes for 164 yards, including a 44-yarder at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Set a career-high with 23 completions out of 37 passes (62.2 percent) for 171 yards and a 19-yard TD pass to Luke Painton at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Completed a career-best 68.8 percent (11 of 16) of his passes for 125 yards with a long of 46 vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25) … Completed 65 percent (13 of 20) passes for 155 yards and a season-long 69-yard touchdown throw down the sidelines to Ernest Robertson in debut and season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
2019: Transferred to Columbia from San Diego State University … Earned a medical redshirt during his first collegiate season at San Diego State … Spent season with an injury … Did not see action in a game as a backup quarterback.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2019 graduate of Skyline High School in Sammamish, Wash., where he earned four varsity letters for Head Coach Matt Taylor … Two-time Class 4A King County-Crest All-League Second Team selection … Named team captain … Pro-style quarterback who completed 401 of 609 passes (65.8 percent) for 5,526 yards and 51 touchdowns and only nine interceptions in his two years as a starter ... Threw multiple five-touchdown games several times during his junior and senior seasons … Threw for 2,797 yards and 24 touchdowns with just three interceptions on 192-for-309 passing (62.1 percent) as a senior in 2018 … Also rushed for 218 yards with four touchdowns ... Racked up 2,729 passing yards and 27 touchdowns against six interceptions after connecting on 228 of 335 attempts (68 percent) as a junior in 2017 … Registered a 450-yard passing game as a junior … Led the Spartans to a 6-5 record ... Was listed as a two-star recruit by Rivals and 247 Sports ... Received a grade of 81 by 247 Sports ... Ranked the No. 79 pro style quarterback in the Class of 2019 ... Involved in a variety of community service activities including serving as a mentor in the Mentor for Athletes for Kids program.
PERSONAL: Born Joseph Robert Green on August 25, 2000 in Plano, Texas … Son of Bill and Kelly Green … Has an older brother Billy and older sister Hannah … Brother Billy played quarterback and BYU, then transferred to Weber State … Father was an equity trader on Wall Street for 20 years with Jefferies & Co. … Hobbies and interests include fishing, photography, and following the stock market … Role model is his father because he has always been hard on me and pushed me to the goals he has set for himself … Favorite sports memory was defeating rival Bothell in the playoffs during his junior season … Favorite sports figure is Peyton Manning … Committed to San Diego State on December 16, 2018 before verbally committing to Harvard in June 2018 … Chose to transfer to Columbia because the institution offers the highest level of academics and athletics, Columbia’s location, academics and coaching staff … Also fielded offers from Columbia, Harvard, Washington State, Boise State, Florida International, Georgetown, Idaho and Montana in his original recruiting process … Enrolled at Columbia College.
