Jacquez Green D ' Tanyian Jacquez Green ( born January 15 , 1976 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver and punt returner in the National Football League ( NFL ) for five seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s . Green played college football for the University of Florida , and earned All - American honors . He was a second - round pick in the 1998 NFL Draft , and played professionally for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions of the NFL . Early years . Green was born in Fort Valley , Georgia in 1976 . He attended Peach County High School in Fort Valley , and was a member of the Peach County Trojans high school football , basketball and track and field teams . Green received all - state honors in football and basketball as a senior , and was also selected to play in the annual Georgia vs . Florida High School All - Star football game . Green played quarterback throughout high school , except for his junior season when the Peach County Trojans lost in the state title game ; that season he played wide receiver and running back . He was also a member of the Peach County Trojans ' state championship 4x100 - meter relay team as a junior . College career . Green received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida , where he played wide receiver for coach Steve Spurrier ' s Florida Gators football team from 1995 to 1997 . He was a three - year letterman and a member of the 1996 Gators ' Bowl Alliance national championship team , when he had seven catches for seventy - nine yards in the Gators ' 52 – 20 Sugar Bowl victory over the Florida State Seminoles . Against the Auburn Tigers in 1997 , he scored a rare triple — throwing a touchdown pass , catching one and running for one . Green suffered a major hip injury in the 1995 national championship game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers . He may best be remembered for a 58 - yard reception from quarterback Doug Johnson late in the 1997 Florida - Florida State game that propelled the underdog Gators over the top - ranked Florida State Seminoles . He was a member of the Gators ' Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) championship teams in 1995 and 1996 , a first - team All - SEC selection and a consensus first - team All - American in 1997 , and was one of the three finalists for the Biletnikoff Award . Green caught sixty - one passes for 1 , 024 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior before entering the NFL Draft . Professional career . Green was a second round draft choice ( thirty - fourth pick overall ) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1998 NFL Draft , and he played for the Buccaneers for four seasons from to . Green ' s most productive seasons as a wide receiver were , when he caught fifty - six passes for 791 yards with three touchdowns ( only ten starts ) , and , when he had fifty - one receptions for 773 yards . Before the season , he signed as a free agent with the Washington Redskins and re - united with former Florida Gators and Buccaneers teammate Reidel Anthony . He was released by the Redskins and signed by the Detroit Lions . Prior to the season , he signed with his former team , the Buccaneers , and retired . He ended his NFL career starting thirty - seven of the sixty - six games in which he played , registering 162 receptions for 2 , 311 yards and seven touchdowns . Life after the NFL . Green is also an avid video game player , and he won the annual Madden Bowl in 2001 and 2002 . He served as the offensive coordinator for Gibbs High School in St . Petersburg , Florida for two successful seasons , and was the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee , Florida . Green helped lead Lincoln to the 2010 State Championship and state runner - up performance in 2012 . His Lincoln offenses averaged over 40 points per game . Green is now the wide receivers coach at Valdosta High School in Valdosta , Georgia . References . http : / / www . tboblogs . com / index . php / sports / comments / there - has - been - a - jacquez - green - sighting /