Cory Greenwood
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 5, 1985 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Kingston, Ontario | ||||||||
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| High school: | Kingston (ON) Regiopolis-Notre Dame | ||||||||
| College: | Concordia | ||||||||
| CFL draft: | 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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Coriander 'Cory' Greenwood (born June 5, 1985) is a Canadian football linebacker who plays for the Toronto Argonauts. He has played 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 Kansas City Chiefs.
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Early life
Greenwood is a Canadian football player 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. His senior year, he was the recipient of the Presidents' Trophy for 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] In 2011, Greenwood would finish the season with 13 tackles. On May 2, 2013 Greenwood was released by the Chiefs.
Detroit Lions
Greenwood signed with the Detroit Lions on May 6, 2013.[9] On August 19, 2013, he was waived/injured by the Lions.[10] On August 20, 2013, he cleared waivers and was placed on injured reserve. He was released on August 8, 2014.[11]
Toronto Argonauts
October, 28th, 2014 Greenwood signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Greenwood only appeared in 2 games for the Argos during the 2014 campaign and only playing on special teams. He recorded 2 special teams tackles in both games.
References
- ↑ http://www.vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=2775068&sponsor= Queen's linebacker Shomari Williams tops CFL draft rankings
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ Cory Greenwood and Derek Hardman add depth at positions of need
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