Former Gophers QB Seth Green picks Houston from transfer portal

Green had announced he was entering the portal in February and will be heading back to Texas, where he also played some of his high school football.

April 22, 2021 at 6:10PM
Seth Green scored one of his 15 career rushing touchdowns for the Gophers. (Aaron Lavinsky, STAR TRIBUNE/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Former Gophers quarterback and receiver Seth Green is heading back to the state of Texas for football again.

Green, who entered the transfer portal in February, announced Thursday that he is committed to Houston. He listed tight end as his position for the Cougars, who went 3-5 last season in their second year under coach Dana Holgorsen.

The 6-4, 240-pound Green also played wildcat quarterback for the Gophers and finished with 15 career rushing touchdowns. He was a heavily recruited quarterback in high school, first at East Ridge and then in Allen, Texas.

Green graduated from Minnesota with a degree in business, marketing and education. He was an Academic All Big Ten selection last year and won the team's Tony Dungy Award for character and community service in 2018 and 2019.

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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