Deontay Greenberry

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Deontay Greenberry
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Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1994-03-07) March 7, 1994 (age 28)
Fresno, California
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Easton (CA) Washington Union
College: Houston
Undrafted: 2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Deontay Greenberry (born 1994) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Houston.

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Early years

Greenberry attended Washington Union High School in Easton, California, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and track. As a senior, he had 109 receptions for a California record 2,165 yards and 14 touchdowns. [1] Greenberry was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and the seventh best receiver in his class. [2] He originally committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football, but switched to the University of Houston. [3] He was the first five-star recruit ever to commit to the Cougars.

College career

Greenberry attended Houston from 2012 to 2014. He played in all 12 games as a freshman in 2012 and had 47 receptions for 569 yards and three touchdowns. [4] As a sophomore in 2013, he led the team with 82 receptions for 1,202 yards and 11 touchdowns. [5] He again led the team with 68 receptions for 756 yards and four touchdowns.

After his junior season, Greenberry entered the 2015 NFL Draft and was undrafted. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Greenberry finds right fit at UH after spurning elite programs".
  2. ↑ "Rivals.com". sports.yahoo.com.
  3. ↑ "Deontay Greenberry stuns with switch from Notre Dame to Houston".
  4. ↑ "Greenberry molding into leader for Houston".
  5. ↑ "UH's Deontay Greenberry wants to be nation's best receiver". 2 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Houston WR Deontay Greenberry headed to 2015 NFL Draft".
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