One of the best defensive linemen in the Pac-12 is coming to Colorado.
On Monday, former Arizona State standout B.J. Green II announced his decision to transfer to CU and play for head coach Deion Sanders.
Green, who spent three seasons at ASU and has one season to play, originally committed to Washington last month before the Huskies had a coaching change.
Listed at 6-foot-1, 270 pounds, Green earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors this past season after posting career highs in tackles (39), tackles for loss (11.5) and sacks (six). He was also credited with 11 quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.
A three-star prospect in the 2021 class out of McEachern (Ga.) High School, Green had just four scholarship offers, none of them from a Power 5 school. Arizona State offered him a preferred walk-on opportunity and he took it.
Given the opportunity from ASU, Green made an immediate impact, becoming just the fourth true freshman ever to lead the Sun Devils in sacks, with five in 2021.
In 2022, Green had 13 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
This past fall, the and he said that Sanders was his first coach in youth football in the Atlanta area.
“That was a unique experience,” Green said. “I think he was the one that probably told me I was going to play defense.”
Coach Prime got a close look at Green this past season. During CU’s victory in Tempe on Oct. 7, Green had a career-high seven tackles against the Buffs, as well as 1.5 TFLs and a sack.
