Offensive lineman Karson Green announces retirement from football

Lani Tons/Iowa State Daily

Iowa State offensive linemen Breion Creer (75) and Karson Green (65) watch as the “Gold Team” falls behind in the spring football game on April 16. The “Cardinal Team” won 10-6. Green was a spring recruit this season and chose ISU over Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico, Houston and East Carolina.

Luke Manderfeld
January 11, 2017

Iowa State offensive lineman Karson Green, who came to Ames last year via Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, announced Wednesday via Twitter he will be hanging up his cleats because of medical issues. 

Green, who was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN, didn’t see the field during the 2016 season after choosing Iowa State over Tennessee State, New Mexico, Houston and East Carolina during the 2015-16 mid-year signing period. 

“I started playing in kindergarten and just finished a season at Iowa State,” Green wrote on Twitter. “But at this time I would like to tell every[body] that I have had to take a medical retirement from the sport I love so much.” 

Green said he’s on track to graduate in December 2017 and will pursue a master’s degree in sports management. 

“Back in October, I started experiencing a lot of medical issues that caused me not to be able [to] perform at the level I wanted to while here at ISU,” Green wrote. “It breaks my heart to stop playing the sport I love so much.”