NFL Draft prospect suggests racial component behind getting asked to switch from QB position

NFL Draft imaginable Taylen Green starred with the Arkansas Razorbacks successful assemblage and made a lasting content connected scouts with his show astatine the Scouting Combine.

He ran 4.36 seconds successful the 40-yard dash, recorded a 43.5-inch vertical leap to spell on with an 11-foot 2-inch wide jump. The speech aft his show was astir whether helium would beryllium consenting to power positions for a prospective NFL team.

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Arkansas backmost Taylen Green (QB08) during the NFL Scouting Combine astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected Feb. 28, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

Green appeared connected "Outta Pocket" with erstwhile NFL prima Robert Griffin III and his wife, Grete, and made wide helium had nary involvement successful playing thing different than quarterback. He besides suggested determination was a radical constituent to him receiving the question.

"Just similar Lamar (Jackson) said, I’m a quarterback. Draft maine arsenic a quarterback. I’ve ever been a quarterback. Going into recruiting, radical wanted maine for antithetic positions, I told them, no, I’m a quarterback. I’m not going to your school. I conscionable ever had that spot connected my enarthrosis to beryllium them wrong. If Lamar did it astatine the adjacent level and won MVPs … We had the aforesaid assemblage manager truthful helium decidedly prepared maine for the adjacent level.

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Taylen Green (10) of Arkansas throws during American Senior Bowl signifier astatine Hancock Whitney Stadium connected Jan. 28, 2026. (Vasha Hunt/Imagn Images)

"I’m not trying to marque this a full contention thing, but I consciousness similar they decidedly spot my colour and they deliberation I’m gonna tally oregon I’m conscionable a runner, can’t truly propulsion oregon process things. RG3, I’m beauteous definite you’ve been done that, been done that astatine this process too. I’m conscionable trying to bushed that stigma and conscionable enactment everybody connected announcement that deliberation that way."

Plenty of assemblage athletes switched positions from backmost to a antithetic position. Julian Edelman did it erstwhile helium played for the New England Patriots and Terrelle Pryor moved from backmost to wide receiver yet – to sanction a couple.

Jackson, the existent backmost of the Baltimore Ravens, was seen arsenic a imaginable campaigner to power from QB to wide receiver, but the specified proposition of that caused a disturbance earlier helium was drafted. He yet stayed astatine backmost and won 2 NFL MVP awards.

Arkansas Razorbacks backmost Taylen Green (10) comes onto the tract anterior to a crippled against the Missouri Tigers astatine Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium connected Nov. 29, 2025.  (Nelson Chenault/Imagn Images)

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Green is seen arsenic idiosyncratic who could beryllium a "good backup" with the anticipation of being developed into a starter, according to NFL.com.

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