THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC UNIVERSE AKA THE LEGEND OF THE TRUE MUSIC MAKERS

ULTIMATE-I FEEL YOUR ENERGY, FEATURING ©MG52, AKA MORLON GREENWOOD


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Early years
Greenwood attended Freeport High School and participated in both football and wrestling.  At first, he was a wrestling athlete who had won the Empire State Games  in the freestyle division as a sophomore and as a junior as well as the  Greco-Roman division as a junior. An assistant wrestling coach Russ Cellan (who was  also the head football coach) then convinced him to play football as a  junior. As a senior, in football, he was an All-County and an All-State  pick, while he won the state wrestling title in the 215 lb. class.
College career
Greenwood played collegiate at Syracuse University where he started 48 consecutive games at linebacker. As a red shirt  freshman, he recorded 64 tackles and two quarterback sacks while being  named to the Freshman All-American second team choice by The Sporting  News. During his sophomore year, he made 55 tackles and 3 sacks. As a  junior for the Orange, Greenwood collected 91 tackles along with one  sack, which was against Michigan quarterback Tom Brady.  Being named co-captain his senior year, he had a career high 98 tackles  while being named to the 2000 All Big East First Team along with  teammates Dwight Freeney and. He graduated from Syracuse with a bachelor's degree in Health and Exercise Science.
Professional career
Greenwood was selected in the 2001 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins.  He played four years with Miami including a 2004 season in which he  recorded 108 tackles for the Dolphins. In 2005, as a free agent, he  signed a five-year contract with the Houston Texans which was worth $22.5 million and featured a $7 million signing bonus.  His career with the Texans was highlighted by a 2007 season where he  posted 118 tackles. In 2009, he had a brief period with the Oakland Raiders.  Morlon Greenwood, a graduate of Freeport High School, was inducted in  the inaugural Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame. The  class of 6 included notable athletes from Nassau County on Long Island  such as Jay Fiedler of the Miami Dolphins and fellow Syracuse alum and  NFL Hall of famer Jim Brown. The induction ceremony took on September  30, 2015 in Long Island NY.

     

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THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC UNIVERSE AKA THE LEGEND OF THE TRUE MUSIC MAKERSBy Terry Reece