Chad Greenway

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Chad Greenway

Greenway at the 2013 Pro Bowl

No. 52 Minnesota Vikings

Linebacker

Personal information

Date of birth: January 12, 1983

Place of birth: Mount Vernon, South Dakota

Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight: 242 lb (110 kg)

Career information

College: Iowa

NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17

Debuted in 2007 for the Minnesota Vikings

Career history

Minnesota Vikings (2006-present)

Roster status: Active

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2013

Tackles	899
Quarterback sacks	14.5
Interceptions	9
Forced fumbles	7
Stats at NFL.com

Chad Greenway (born January 12, 1983) is an American football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Iowa. He was chosen in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Vikings.

College career

Greenway redshirted his freshman season in 2001 at the University of Iowa. As a redshirt freshman in 2002, he suffered a knee injury that required surgery and did not play in the first four games.

In 2003, he started at outside linebacker in all 13 games and was named second team All-Big Ten. Greenway was named the Big Ten Conference co-Defensive Player of the Week vs. Arizona State, and won the Hustle Team Award at Iowa.

In 2004, he was named a first team All-American by Pro Football Weekly, a second team All-American by CNNSI.com, and a third team All-American by CollegeSportsReport.com. Within the conference, Greenway was named first team All-Big Ten and selected as a first team all-Big Ten player by Collegefootballnews.com. Greenway was selected by the team as Iowa's Special Teams Player of the Year, won the Hustle Team Award for defense, and was one of three juniors selected to the team Leadership Council for 2004 season.

In 2005, Greenway was named Preseason All-America by The Sporting News, NationalChamps.net, and was named to the preseason honorable mention All-America squad selected by NationalChamps.net. He was ranked as the #2 outside linebacker by The Sporting News, and named to Bronko Nagurski Watch List and Lott Trophy Watch List.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht	Wt	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
6 ft 3 in	242 lb	4.76 s	1.61 s	2.75 s	4.22 s	7.01 s	38 in	10 ft 0 in	19 reps
All values from NFL Combine

Minnesota Vikings

Chad Greenway entered the 2006 NFL Draft, where he was drafted by the Vikings with the 17th pick in the first round. Greenway selected #52 as his jersey number for the Minnesota Vikings. In training camp, he was listed as a second string linebacker on the depth chart.

In Minnesota's first preseason game against Oakland, Greenway tore his ACL playing special teams on a kickoff return. He missed the entire 2006 NFL season with the injury. Greenway started the 2007 season as the Minnesota Vikings starting weakside linebacker. In Greenway's first NFL game on September 9, 2007 against the Atlanta Falcons Greenway recorded 10 tackles. Greenway completed the 2007 season with 105 tackles with two forced fumbles along with two interceptions with one touchdown. In 2008, Greenway had another impressive season finishing with 5.5 sacks and led the team with 115 tackles. He also deflected 5 passes.

On February 21, 2011, the Vikings announces that Greenway was designated as their franchise player for 2011.^[1] Greenway was selected to his first Pro Bowl after a career-high 154 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 2 sacks and a fumble recovery during the 2011 season.

On October 5, 2012, Greenway was fined $21,000 for unnecessary roughness. He struck Calvin Johnson in the head and neck area.^[2]

Personal

Greenway married in July 2006 to Jennifer Capista, a former track and field athlete at Iowa. The couple have a daughter, Maddyn, in summer 2007.^[3] Greenway is responsible for "Chad's Locker" resources provided to local hospitals. ^[4]

References

↑ Greenway Designated as Franchise Player
↑ "Vikings LB Greenway fined $21,000". Fox Sports. October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
↑ http://www.vikings.com/TeamPlayerProfile_chad_greenway.aspx
↑ Greenway's Foundation Donates A "Chad's Locker" - YouTube

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chad Greenway.

v t e 2006 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Mario Williams Reggie Bush Vince Young D'Brickashaw Ferguson A. J. Hawk Vernon Davis Michael Huff Donte Whitner Ernie Sims Matt Leinart Jay Cutler Haloti Ngata Kamerion Wimbley Brodrick Bunkley Tye Hill Jason Allen Chad Greenway Bobby Carpenter Antonio Cromartie Tamba Hali Laurence Maroney Manny Lawson Davin Joseph Johnathan Joseph Santonio Holmes John McCargo DeAngelo Williams Marcedes Lewis Nick Mangold Joseph Addai Kelly Jennings Mathias Kiwanuka

Draft years 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

v t e Minnesota Vikings first-round draft picks

Mason Dunaway Eller Snow Shay Jones G. Washington Page Yary Ward Hayden Siemon Foreman McNeill Riley Mullaney White Kramer Holloway Brown Martin Nelson Browner Millard Doleman Robinson Dozier McDaniel R. Smith D. Washington Steussie Alexander Stringer Clemons Rudd Moss Culpepper Underwood Hovan Bennett McKinnie Williams Udeze Williamson James Greenway Peterson Harvin Ponder Kalil H. Smith Floyd Rhodes Patterson

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

v t e Minnesota Vikings 2006 NFL Draft selections

Chad Greenway Cedric Griffin Ryan Cook Tarvaris Jackson Ray Edwards Greg Blue

Draft Years 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1984 (Supplemental) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

v t e Minnesota Vikings current roster

Active roster	3 Blair Walsh 7 Christian Ponder 15 Greg Jennings 17 Jarius Wright 18 Jeff Locke 19 Adam Thielen 21 Josh Robinson 22 Harrison Smith 23 Joe Banyard 25 Kip Edwards 26 Robert Steeples 27 Shaun Prater 28 Adrian Peterson 29 Xavier Rhodes 30 Brandan Bishop 33 Jamarca Sanford 34 Andrew Sendejo 36 Robert Blanton 38 Bradley Randle 40 Rhett Ellison 41 Mistral Raymond 42 Jerome Felton 46 Cullen Loeffler 48 Zach Line 52 Chad Greenway 54 Gerald Hodges 56 Michael Mauti 57 Audie Cole 60 Jeff Baca 63 Brandon Fusco 64 Spencer Nealy 65 John Sullivan 67 Mike Remmers 68 Kevin Murphy 71 Phil Loadholt 75 Matt Kalil 82 Kyle Rudolph 83 Rodney Smith 84 Cordarrelle Patterson 85 Greg Childs 86 Chase Ford 89 John Carlson 91 Chase Baker 92 Justin Trattou 95 Sharrif Floyd 96 Brian Robison 98 Letroy Guion 99 Christian Ballard -- Kamar Jorden -- Kheeston Randall -- Josh Samuda

Free agents	12 Josh Freeman (UFA) 14 Joe Webb (UFA) 16 Matt Cassel (UFA) 20 Chris Cook (UFA) 32 Toby Gerhart (UFA) 35 Marcus Sherels (RFA) 44 Matt Asiata (ERFA) 51 Larry Dean (RFA) 55 Marvin Mitchell (UFA) 59 Desmond Bishop (UFA) 61 Joe Berger (UFA) 69 Jared Allen (UFA) 73 J'Marcus Webb (UFA) 74 Charlie Johnson (UFA) 81 Jerome Simpson (UFA) 90 Fred Evans (UFA) 93 Kevin Williams (UFA) 97 Everson Griffen (UFA)

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

Persondata
Name	Greenway, Chad
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	January 12, 1983
Place of birth	Mount Vernon, South Dakota
Date of death
Place of death

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