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Tim Green: Excellence Personified

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Editor's note: This story appears in the Sept. 14 edition of the 2019 Syracuse football gameday program. Programs are available for $5 and sold throughout the Dome.

An All-American and a first-round NFL Draft pick. A best-selling author. A Rhodes Scholar candidate. An unbeaten, state champion wrestler. A broadcaster and an accomplished lawyer.

If a person achieves just one of those things, they're considered to be among the most successful in their field. Syracuse's Tim Green was all of those and then some.

The former defensive lineman played eight seasons in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons after his All-America career ended with the Orange.