Chad Greenway

No. 52 Minnesota Vikings

Position:              Linebacker

Personal information

Date of birth:     January 12, 1983 (age 33)

Place of birth:   Mount Vernon, South Dakota

Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:               242 lb (110 kg)

Career information

High school:       Mount Vernon (SD)

College:               Iowa

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

Career history

Minnesota Vikings (2006–present)

Roster status:    Active

Career highlights and awards

2× Pro Bowl (2012, 2013)

Second-team All-Pro (2012)

"Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year (2015)

NFC Combined Tackles Leader (2010)

Career NFL statistics as of 2015

Tackles:                1,060

Quarterback sacks:          18.0

Interceptions:   10

Forced fumbles:               8

Pass deflections:             31

Player 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 at Iowa, and was drafted by the Vikings in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft.

Early years[edit]

Greenway attended Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, South Dakota, where he was a three-time South Dakota All-state performer, earning first team honors as a junior and senior and third team honors as a sophomore. He was named Gatorade Football Player of the Year as a senior in 2001.[1] also Argus Leader and Sports Max Player of the Year. He also earned first team All-conference honors for three straight seasons, as well as MVP honors. He played quarterback and free safety and returned punts and kickoffs, helping prep team win two consecutive state titles as a junior and senior. His career totals include 364 rushing attempts for 3,118 yards and 171-290 passes for 2,572 yards. On defense, he recorded 407 tackles and 23 interceptions. As a senior, he completed 62-114 passes for 1,147 yards and rushed for 1,320 yards at quarterback, and also added 132 tackles and four interceptions at safety. Greenway also lettered in basketball, baseball and track & field at Mount Vernon.[2]

College career[edit]

Greenway attended the University of Iowa, and played for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team from 2002 to 2005. He redshirted his freshman season in 2001. 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 No. 2 outside linebacker by The Sporting News, and named to the Bronko Nagurski and Lott Trophy watch lists.

Professional career[edit]

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    4.60 s                                     4.22 s     7.01 s     38 in      10 ft 0 in               19 reps

All values from NFL Combine and Pro Day[3]

Minnesota Vikings[edit]

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 announced that Greenway was designated as their franchise player for 2011.[4] 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.[5]

On March 31, 2016, Greenway announced that he is returning for an eleventh season with the Vikings and that the upcoming season be his last.

NFL stats[edit]

Year       Team     GP          COMB   TOTAL   AST        SACK     FF           FR           FR YDS  INT         IR YDS   AVG IR  LNG       TD           PD

2007       MIN       16           105         78           27           0.0          2              4              0              2              39           20           37           1              4

2008       MIN       16           115         86           29           5.5          3              0              0              0              0              0              0              0              5

2009       MIN       16           99           80           19           0.0          1              3              0              3              49           16           36           0              6

2010       MIN       16           144         109         35           1.0          1              1              0              0              0              0              0              0              3

2011       MIN       16           154         89           65           2.0          0              1              0              0              0              0              0              0              2

2012       MIN       16           148         98           50           3.0          0              2              0              1              3              3              3              0              4

2013       MIN       16           134         83           51           3.0          0              0              0              3              23           8              23           0              4

2014       MIN       12           93           56           37           1.0          1              0              0              0              0              0              0              0              3

Career                  124         992         679         313         15.5        8              11           0              9              114         13           37           1              31

[6]

Key

GP: games played

COMB: combined tackles

TOTAL: total tackles

AST: assisted tackles

SACK: sacks

FF: forced fumbles

FR: fumble recoveries

FR YDS: fumble return yards

INT: interceptions

IR YDS: interception return yards

AVG IR: average interception return

LNG: longest interception return

TD: interceptions returned for touchdown

PD: passes defensed

Personal[edit]

Greenway married in July 2006 to Jennifer Capista, a former track and field athlete at Iowa. The couple had a daughter, Maddyn, in summer 2007.[7] Greenway is responsible for "Chad's Locker" resources provided to local hospitals. [8]

In the 2015 season, Greenway was named the Vikings' Community Man-of-the-Year for the second consecutive year.[9]

On December 2, 2015, Greenway was named the Minnesota Vikings' nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award.