SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS

July 23, 2026

Trey'Dez Green

LSU Tigers

Press Conference

Q. Your freshman year you played basketball and chose to commit to football. Why did you make the decision? How does that set you apart from other tight ends in this conference?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: There's a lot of great tight ends in this conference. Everybody have their own skill set and their own attributes to help their team win.

The decision with me stopping to play basketball was just the toll that it really had on my body. I feel like I would be a unicorn in the league. There's a lot of 6'7" guys in the NBA or in college basketball. There's not that many in the NFL or college football. So just being real with myself and having an understanding and making a grown-man decision.

Q. With Will Wade now taking over, did it make you kind of rethink things, especially he's kind of spicy too?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: It don't make me rethink it at all. But I had a great relationship with Coach Will Wade. He was one of the first people to offer me a basketball scholarship to LSU.

I'm looking forward to having a conversation with him. I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet. But I haven't decided -- I haven't thought about playing basketball.

Q. In the big room, you were talking about the one-on-ones, and that was really interesting to me. Can you kind of retell that story, I guess, of how it gets you guys going in the morning and just the wild, wide open nature of them?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: So the one-on-ones is not your typical one-on-ones. One-on-ones is like from the 5-yard line, but anybody could get called up -- staff, trainers -- anybody could get called up.

You give the quarterback a route, for example, they call the athletic trainer up. He ran the route. I don't know if he caught the ball or not.

But it's just so fun. The energy that it brings to the start of practice just gets us going. It's so amazing that Coach Kiffin can do with the things that are supposed to be hard and boring during practice, he just makes it fun.

Q. LSU got a pair, excuse me, Texas A&M got a pair of LSU transfers in offensive lineman Tyree Adams and Coen Echols. What are they getting in those two guys, and what was maybe your relationship like with them?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: Them my dogs. I miss them dearly. They're getting two wonderful players, two hardworking players. I'm pretty sure that they'll set their mark at Texas A&M. They're amazing people to be around. You know what you're going to get from those guys every day. They're going to come in give you 110 percent work.

Q. You didn't play high school football until your junior year, right?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: Actually, I started my sophomore year at school.

Q. And your first game you caught two touchdowns and got an offer the next day?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: Yes, sir.

Q. What have you learned about football from then until now? What do you need to improve upon for the NFL?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: I mean, there's a lot of stuff that I still need to learn about the game of football. I've grown in the aspect of just learning the game. I didn't even know how to get in a three-point stance when I made it to the LSU.

My high school football career was just a bunch of me lining up at the outside receiver and going to get the ball, running one route, really, and that was just the go ball.

But I've learned to grow and to learn this game, and I love it so much. The love that I have for this game and the way that this game creates so many relationships and outlets, it has opened so many doors for me.

Q. What can you tell us about this year's offensive line and just your confidence around them and with them in front of you guys?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: The offensive line, them my guys, man. They're some hard workers. The offensive line is going to be exciting to see. Everybody just wants it. They want it even -- all of them, all of them, they just want it.

We do indy, I do the tackle, they do the tackle and tight end combinations. They be teaching me little techniques I can use in the run game. I'm being a sponge and soaking up everything that I can learn from those guys.

Q. Obviously at the top of your list are team goals. What individual goals do you want to aspire to this year to get those team goals?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: I just want to be that guy that my teammates can count on. I just want to be the outlet for them. Whether they're going through something or whether they need something, they need energy or they need a boost or something, I can just be that person in their ear or just being the outlet for them. I just want to be looked at as a guy that got stuff done in this offense.

Q. You guys have a pretty cool season opener. You've got College GameDay there. It's Kiffin's first game. A lot of hype around that game. How are you managing that moment, but also embracing that this is pretty awesome for a first game of the season?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: Trying not to get my head wrapped around it so much. Just try to get better, 1 percent better each day.

As we all know, Clemson is a great team, wonderful program. And it's going to be a great, wonderful and magnificent game, especially in Death Valley with those wonderful fans out there.

Q. Lane Kiffin referred to the offense as an expansion team with all the new guys, new faces. How have you seen that group really mesh and come together through spring and through the summer?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: I mean, it's been great. Offense guys, they just don't hang out with the offensive guys. Defensive guys just doesn't hang out with the defensive guys. We hang out together.

I stay in the neighborhood with a ton of the defensive guys. We just come over, we always play the game and stuff.

It's about getting everybody adapted to their Louisiana tradition. And I feel like we've done that great. And it's going to be exciting to watch us this year.

Q. What do you remember about last year's game, hosting Texas A&M? And then how much are you looking forward to being able to host them a second year in a row?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: I think Texas A&M is a great team, a wonderful program. It was so awesome hosting them, especially in Death Valley. That game is always anticipated. It's always like it's a rivalry game, Texas A&M. So the stadium was packed. I never miss the opportunity to see all those fans in Death Valley.

Q. Being from Louisiana, what does it mean to get to call Death Valley home?

A. It means everything. Me growing up in Jackson Louisiana, probably a population of about 2,500, 3,000 people. It's everybody's dream, every kid's dream in Louisiana to go play for those three letters and two colors.

It means so much to me that my university -- it's a blessing that I've been able to represent those people. And you just feel it when you're there. It's unexplainable. I really can't tell you in words about how amazing the place is and how it just feels like home.

From the time that I stepped on Victory Hill and I walked down the hill, chills just going through my body. I just wanted to -- I just can't wait to bring a winning environment back to Baton Rouge.

Q. I know you play tight end, but you can also fill in that slot in that receiver position. And you're one of the veterans coming back on offense this year. How are you building chemistry with all the newcomers that transferred in, like Sam Leavitt, Tre Wilson, Jayce Brown, they're all coming from other schools, and you're kind of showing them the ropes at LSU?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: Funny story. When everybody first transferred, I'm like, how are we going to gel? How is this going to look? Because I've never been part of a team with so many transfers before.

As soon as we met with each other, we just clicked, and it's just been a brotherhood ever since. Like I say, that's the game of football, just connect us so much, just our love for the game and how we go about our day-to-day lives and the sacrifices that we make to be a part of the LSU program is just amazing. It just brings us even more closer together.

Q. Ty Benefield on the defensive side of the ball, got any stories about running into him in the secondary, and what kind of player has LSU added there?

TREY'DEZ GREEN: From the day that he stepped on the campus, you could see it in his eyes. He's the definition of a Tiger. He's the definition of a Tiger, and he's going to put the world on display this year.

He's such a leader. When he talks, you feel it in your body. You feel it. He's one of those people on defense, if he's out there, you know you've got something good.