Nealon Greene

Nealon Greene
Nealon Greene

Greene in his final regular season start against the BC Lions
Date of birth: April 13, 1976 (1976-04-13) (age 35)
Place of birth: Yonkers, New York
Career information
Status: Retired
CFL status: Import
Position(s): QB
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight: 205 lb (93 kg)
College: Clemson
Hand: Right
Organizations
 As player:
1998
1999-2001
2002-2005
2006
Toronto Argonauts
Edmonton Eskimos
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Montreal Alouettes
Career highlights and awards
Records: Eskimos Record
  • Most Rushing Yards, Quarterback – Game (180) - July 16, 1999

Nealon Greene (born April 13, 1976 in Yonkers, New York) is an American-born Canadian football quarterback.

After spending his collegiate career with Clemson, where he became the school's career leader in passing yardage, Greene came to the Canadian Football League with the Toronto Argonauts. Greene was traded in 1999 to the Edmonton Eskimos before he could establish himself on the Argonauts, but played well enough to stay with the team for a few seasons. On July 16, 1999, Greene set a CFL record for rushing yards in a single game by a quarterback with 180 yards. He became the clear Eskimos starter in 2000 while posting a 10-8 record and second place finish. The Eskimos would narrowly lose the west semi final to the BC Lions by a score of 34-32 after a seemingly easy but missed field goal by kicker Sean Fleming which would have sealed the win. The loss resulted in the firing of head coach Don Matthews which led to Greene losing the starting quarterback role to Jason Maas during the 2001 season. Greene was subsequently traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders with Simon Baffoe and a second round pick (offensive lineman Francois Boulianne) in the 2002 CFL Draft for offensive lineman Dan Comiskey, running back Darren Davis, and kicker Mike O'Brien.

Greene immediately became the starter in Saskatchewan starting the 2002 season improving the then woeful Roughriders to an 8-10 record, making the playoffs for the first time since their 1997 Grey Cup final appearance. In 2003 Greene would play 16 games for the Roughriders posting a 10-6 record as a starter, leading Saskatchewan to their first winning season since 1994. They would defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 37-21 in the first round of the postseason before losing to the Edmonton Eskimos in the western final by a score of 30-23.

The successful season of 2003 and further advancements having been made in the playoffs left the Roughriders fans looking positive. However in the first game of the 2004 season against the Toronto Argonauts, Greene would suffer a season-ending broken leg which resulted in a disappointing 9-9 season for Saskatchewan under back-up quarterback Henry Burris. Greene would recover and return in the 2005 season, where he retained the role of starter after the departure of Burris. The up-and-down season struggles saw the team start strongly with a 3-1 record, but fall to a disappointing 3-6 by the halfway point of the season. Seeing that change was necessary, Greene was benched and lost the starting role to back-up Marcus Crandell. Crandell would quarterback the Riders to five straight victories during Greene's time on the bench, but would later lose three crucial games in a row near the end of the season dropping the Roughriders to below .500 once again with an 8-9 record. Having nothing to lose, head coach Danny Barrett then returned to Greene to start in the last regular season game in BC. Greene would lead the Riders to victory in his final CFL start, salvaging another disappointing 9-9 season for the green and white. Although the season resulted in a last place finish in the west, Greene and the Roughriders would cross over divisions and make the eastern playoffs. However, despite the victory against the league-leading BC Lions the previous week under Greene, he was benched again in favor of Crandell and never saw any playing time in the ensuing 30-14 loss to the Montreal Alouettes in the east semi final.

On April 20, 2006 Greene was traded by Saskatchewan to the Montreal Alouettes where he reunited with head coach Don Matthews and served as a back-up quarterback to Anthony Calvillo. Despite Calvillo's struggles and poor play later in the season, he remained the starter and Greene was never given a chance to start a game for Montreal. Greene was cut the following season after Matthews resigned as head coach.

Seemingly retired from pro football, Nealon has since returned to Clemson University and is continuing his education.

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Preceded by
Henry Burris
Saskatchewan Roughriders Starting Quarterback
2002-2003, 2005 (First Half)
Succeeded by
Marcus Crandell



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