Our list of the Top 100 SU athletes continues with one of the greatest defensive talents to ever put on an Orange uniform.
You can find the Fizz’s SU Top 100 list here. Make sure you keep checking in to see who made the list and where they are ranked!
Tim Green joined the Syracuse Football program in the Fall of 1982. Born and raised in Liverpool, NY it wasn’t much of a difficult decision for him to come play for the hometown Orange. Green burst onto the scene in ‘83 with an exceptional year on the defensive line. He posted program-record 14.5 sacks and wasn’t finished there. He continued to dominate in his time on the SU campus, breaking his own record the next season, climbing to 15.0. Green was a handful for any offensive line tasked with opposing him. His greatness didn’t go unnoticed in his time there, he was selected as an All-American in 1984 and a consensus All-American in 1985. He finished his career alone atop the SU sacks mountain with 45.5, edging out second place, Dwight Freeney by 11.5. Green was named to the Syracuse All-Century team and inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a part of the class of 2002. 
Big-time players show up in big-time games. Green was no exception. On September 29th, 1984, No. 1 ranked Nebraska made a trip to the Salt City to face the Orange. Trailing in the second half, Green made two big sacks as well as a fumble recovery to help upset the nation’s best team 17-9. It marks the only time SU knocked off the highest-ranking team in the country.
Green stacks up well against some of the greatest players to put on Orange threads, which is why he absolutely deserves his spot at #16 on this list. He goes down as one of, if not the most menacing player to ever line up on a Syracuse defensive line.
