Josiah Green

Duke defensive tackle Josiah Green, wearing a white helmet, blue jersey and white pants, waits for the snap during the 2025 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, which Duke won 42-39 against Arizona State inside Sun Bowl Stadium.

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Duke defenders Vincent Anthony Jr., Josiah Green and Chandler Rivers, all wearing a white helmet, white jersey and white pants, celebrate a tackle versus No. 16 Virginia in the 2025 ACC Championship Game.

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Duke defensive tackle Josiah Green lines up for a snap in his first game as a Blue Devil.

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Josiah Green celebrates a pass broken up with his arms spread wide during the 2025 Blue & White Game.

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Position:
Defensive Tackle
Height:
6-1
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.
Prev School:
Dartmouth

CAREER: Lettered one season (2025) at Duke after being a four-year member (2021-22-23-24) and three-year letterman (2022-23-24) for the football program at Dartmouth ... unanimous All-Ivy selection in 2024 and a second-team pick in 2023 … recipient of Duke’s Hard Hitter Award in 2025 ... in 44 career games (34 starts), registered 157 tackles, 27.0 TFL, 8.0 sacks, one fumble recovery, five PBUs and six QB pressures … carded 3+ tackles on 29 occasions and 5+ tackles 15 times ... posted a career-high 10 tackles at Harvard in 2023 ... booked a career-best 3.0 TFL, including 1.0 sack, at Yale in 2024 ... tallied a career-high two QB pressures against Penn in 2023 ... credited with a career-high two pass breakups at Syracuse in 2025 … registered one fumble recovery against Princeton in 2023 … helped guide the Big Green to a combined record of 17-13 with a share of the Ivy League crowns in 2022 and 2023 … assisted in Duke claiming its first outright ACC Championship since 1962 and the 2025 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl crown.

2025: Defensive recipient of the team’s Hard Hitter Award, presented to the hardest-hitting and most physical players on the team … started all 14 games ... ended the campaign with 37 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 3.5 sacks, three PBUs and two QB pressures ... booked 2+ tackles in nine contests, 5+ in four and a season-high seven versus NC State … registered 1.0+ TFL four times with a year-high 2.0 against Elon … added 1.5 TFL versus Wake Forest … carded at least 0.5 TFL in four consecutive games from November 8 – 29 … tallied 1.0 sack against Elon, Connecticut and North Carolina and added 0.5 sacks versus NC State … recorded a QB pressure at Clemson and one versus Virginia in the ACC Championship Game … credited with two pass breakups at Syracuse and one at Connecticut … in three wins versus ACC in-state foes, tallied 17 tackles, 3.0 TFL and 1.5 sacks … on the field for 554 snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year member (2021-22-23-24) and three-year letterman (2022-23-24) for the football program at Dartmouth … unanimous All-Ivy selection in 2024 and a second-team pick in 2023 ... in 30 career games (20 starts), has registered 120 tackles, 20.0 TFL, 4.5 sacks, two PBUs, one fumble recovery and four QB pressures … registered 3+ tackles on 22 occasions and 5+ tackles 11 times ... posted a career-high 10 tackles at Harvard in 2023 ... carded a career-best 3.0 TFL, including 1.0 sack, at Yale in 2024 ... tallied a career-high two QB pressures against Penn in 2023 ... registered one fumble recovery against Princeton in 2023 ... lettered four years at North Central High School for head coach Kevin O’Shea ... a Class 6A All-State selection as a senior after posting 60 tackles with 13.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks and seven forced fumbles … an All-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference selection following final campaign … captained the North Central football and track teams … state medalist in shot put and discus as a senior.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Dartmouth in December 2024 with a degree in anthropology ... son of Prentiss and Noelle Green ... twin brother, Micah, was a four-year member (2021-22-23-24) of the football program at Dartmouth.