Senior cornerback on UTEP's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 180 lb · Mobile, AL
The story
4 cornerback on UTEP's 2025 roster.
Yessman Green
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Yessman Green has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles against New Mexico State, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dana Dimel → Scotty Walden. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UTEP | 20 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 42–17
vs UT Martin
0 TFL · 0 SACKS · 1 SOLO
Dominant 25-point win at home against UT Martin.
With N. Botsford — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 66 LONG · M. Nelson — 278 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 52.0 · -2 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-17vs UT Martin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-27@ Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-17@ Sam Houston | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-38@ Missouri State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34vs New Mexico State | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 31-61@ Delaware | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
UTEP
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · UTEP
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UTEP · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #102 · 2026 recruiting class #92
Player DNA
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tre Hines’s 2023 season.
Matches Tre on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Avi McGary's senior season at Bowling Green (2024).
Matches Avi on
Player DNA