Just a few days after Riley Green won Music Event of the Year at the 2026 ACM Awards for his song with Ella Langley “Don’t Mind If I Do”, I have gotten to the bottom of what Green does with all of his trophies and accolades.
It was a little bit surprising.
What Riley Green Does With His Awards at Home Might Surprise Fans
Green was a guest on Taste of Country Nights to chat about his latest collaboration with HeyDude, which is a lifestyle called HeyCation.
Green says he keeps all of his ACMs and CMAs close to him at all times, especially when people are around as he is “afraid somebody is gonna run off with them.”
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“You know, I’ve got a lot of plaques and some cool stuff I’ve been able to get over the past few years in country music and my career. That’s something that when everybody comes in they see it, that’s a big deal,” he explains. “An ACM Award or a CMA Award, they don’t just hand those out.”
“I don’t let anybody else touch them. I have a couple of ’em at my house in Nashville and I’ve got a couple of ’em at my farm in Alabama,” Green adds.
The Surprising Location Riley Green Displays His Major Awards
If you know Green, you know that he loves to hunt almost as much as he does playing country music. But where he displays his prized awards around his homes is a little surprising.
Green says “Yea, I got them up on the… I’ll put it like this — They’re right up there with my deer heads, so they’re pretty important.”
The major awards that Green has racked up are all being protected, and not only by Green himself. His deer heads on the wall will side-eye you if you get too close to any of them.
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Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes
14 Riley Green Facts That Reveal This Mystery Man’s Heart
This Riley Green Facts list was made from original interviews with Taste of Country and (as noted) other media outlets. Boilerplate information like name, age and hometown are covered on Wikipedia so we focused on trivia that truly tells his story.
Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes
