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Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green attends U.S. flag football national team trials

Darrell Green, a cornerback who played his entire 20-year NFL career with the Washington Redskins from 1983 to 2002, is taking part in trials for the U.S. men's flag football national team in Chula Vista, California.[1][2] The 64-year-old Hall of Famer qualified through USA Football's digital combine and impressed staff with his testing results.[1]

Green hopes to earn an invitation to national team training camp next month and a roster spot on the squad for the 2026 IFAF Flag Football World Championship in Amberg-Weiden, Germany.[1][3] Flag football will debut as an Olympic sport at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.[4]

"He’s later in his career than the other trials participants, but his testing results were impressive," USA Football senior director of high performance and national teams Callie Brownson said. "Our coaches and staff felt he deserved a closer look."[1]

Green was selected by the Redskins in the first round, 28th overall, of the 1983 NFL draft out of Texas A&M-Kingsville.[2] Over his career, he recorded 54 interceptions, including six returned for touchdowns, and is credited with 1,202 tackles.[1][2] He won Super Bowls XXII and XXVI, made seven Pro Bowls and earned first-team All-Pro honors in 1991.[2]

Green was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.[2] The Washington Commanders retired his No. 28 jersey on October 20, 2024.[5]

"I’m going to give it my best and I’ll walk away with my head up, either way," Green said.[1]

The U.S. men's flag football team has won six of the seven world championships contested since 2010.[1] Roughly 100 athletes, including former WNBA player Loryn Goodwin and ex-Florida State basketball guard O’Mariah Gordon, are competing in the trials.[1]