{"id":783493,"date":"2026-03-01T02:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/783493\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T02:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:21:12","slug":"taylen-green-breaks-anthony-richardsons-qb-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/783493\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylen Green breaks Anthony Richardson&#8217;s QB records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 28, 2026, 3:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green just broke two NFL combine records that had been held by <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> quarterback Anthony Richardson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Richardson, a member of the 2023 NFL draft class, set combine records at the quarterback position with a 40.5&#8243; vertical and a 10&#8217;9&#8243; broad jump. However, Green broke both those marks on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Green recorded a 43.5&#8243; vertical and an 11&#8217;2&#8243; broad jump &#8212; clearing Richardson&#8217;s marks by a good margin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Green is listed at 6-6, 235 pounds. Richardson currently measures in at 6-4, 244 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This past season, Green completed 60% of his passes for 2,714 yards with 19 touchdowns to 11 interceptions. He also rushed for nearly 1,000 yards as well.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Green is currently ranked as the seventh-best quarterback in this year&#8217;s draft on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fdraft2026%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F46532548%2F2026-nfl-draft-ranking-top-quarterbacks-hot-board-team-fits-strengths-weaknesses&amp;xcust=SC1-SCLT&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fcoltswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fcolts%2F2026%2F02%2F28%2Fcolts-anthony-richardson-2026-nfl-combine-records-broken-taylen-green%2F88920392007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Reid&#8217;s<\/a> big board. Richardson was the fourth overall pick by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" data-autotag=\"d3fda36a-3eb5-4700-8763-caba831c06ae\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a> in the 2023 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Colts, however, have agreed to work with Richardson to <a href=\"http:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/02\/26\/anthony-richardson-trade-nfl-world-reacts-latest-news\/88883840007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">faciliate a trade<\/a> this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Overall, Richardson posted a perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MathBomb\/status\/1651749311179366402?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Relative Athletic Score<\/a> in 2023, which included a 4.43-second 40-yard dash. Green is on his way to an impressive score of his own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 28, 2026, 3:00 p.m. ET Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green just broke two NFL combine records that had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,49915,95900,95882,98103,96027,95903,95896,95888,95895,95906,96099,95902,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-783493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","16":"tag-sstsncolts","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-taganthony-richardson","19":"tag-tagcollege-sports","20":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","26":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116151534585903932","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}