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Cory Greenwood 
At a game in Denver in November, 2010.No. 93 Kansas City Chiefs Linebacker Personal information Date of birth: June 5, 1985 Place of birth: Kingston, Ontario Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 235 lb (107 kg) Career information College: Concordia CFL Draft: 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 No regular season or postseason appearances Career history - Kansas City Chiefs (2010–present)
CFL status: Non-Import Career highlights and awards - N/A
Stats at NFL.com Cory Greenwood (born June 5, 1985) is a Canadian professional gridiron football player, currently on the active roster of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) as a middle linebacker and long snapper. He played college football for the Concordia University Stingers, and was drafted third overall by the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in the 2010 CFL Draft, after Toronto traded up to be in a position to draft him. A few days later, however, he signed a contract with the Chiefs.
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Early life
Greenwood was born in Kingston, Ontario. He attended Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School, and Concordia University where he played college football for the Concordia Stingers from 2006-2009. There he was the recipient of the President's Trophy for the best defensive player in Canadian Interuniversity Sport football.
Professional career
CFL Draft
Coming into the 2010 CFL Draft, Greenwood was ranked as the third overall prospect in the Canadian Football League’s Amateur Scouting Bureau rankings for players eligible in that year's draft.[1] On the day prior to the draft, the Toronto Argonauts traded the number one overall draft pick to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, along with the eighth overall pick, for punter Jamie Boreham and the second and fourth overall picks in the 2010 draft.[2] To ensure that they would be able to select Greenwood, they then traded their newly acquired fourth overall pick to the BC Lions for the third overall pick.[3] With the trade made official, the Toronto Argonauts selected Greenwood with the third overall pick in the draft.[4]
Kansas City Chiefs
On May 18, 2010, it was announced that Greenwood had signed a contract with the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL.[5][6] Following the Chiefs' 2010 training camp, Greenwood was listed on the team's active roster and depth chart as a third-string middle linebacker and third-string long snapper.[7][8]
References
- ^ http://www.vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=2775068&sponsor= Queen's linebacker Shomari Williams tops CFL draft rankings
- ^ . http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=320197 ARGOS AGREE TO TRADE TOP PICK IN 2010 DRAFT TO ROUGHRIDERS.
- ^ . http://bclions.com/article/lions-and-argos-complete-draft-day-trade Lions and Argos complete draft day trade.
- ^ http://www.cfl.ca/article/argos-take-cory-greenwood-at-3 Argos take Cory Greenwood at #3
- ^ http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/CHIEFS-SIGN-ROOKIE-FREE-AGENT-LB-CORY-GREENWOOD/1ded07f9-2346-473c-a4be-3c553e73c734 Chiefs sign rookie free agent LB Cory Greenwood
- ^ http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=321870 Argos draft pick Greenwood signs with chiefs
- ^ http://www.kcchiefs.com/team/roster.html Kansas City Chiefs depth chart
- ^ http://www.kcchiefs.com/team/depth-chart.html Kansas City Chiefs active roster
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Concordia Stingers football players
- Canadian football linebackers
- American football linebackers
- Kansas City Chiefs players
- Players of Canadian football from Ontario
- Canadian players of American football
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