John Greco

This article is about the football player. For the philosopher and philosophy of science see John Greco (philosophy of science)

John Greco

Greco 2012
Guard
Date of birth: March 24, 1985
Place of birth: Ravenna , Ohio
Height: 1.93 m	Weight: 143 kg
NFL debut
2008 for the St. Louis Rams
Career
College : Toledo
NFL Draft : 2008 / Round: 3 / Pick: 65
Teams: St. Louis Rams (2008-2010) Cleveland Browns (2011-2016) New Orleans Saints (2017) New York Giants (2017-2018)
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2018 season
Games played	132
Play as a starter	77
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

John Patrick Greco, Jr. (* 24. March 1985 in Ravenna , Ohio ) is an American American football poker players on the position of the Guards . He last played for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL).

Early years

Greco went to high school in Youngstown , Ohio . He later went to the University of Toledo . For their college football team, the Toledo Rockets , he played both as the right and left tackle . In 2003 he was still out as a red shirt . Greco started all 49 games in the four following seasons for the Rockets. In 2004, he started 13 games as a right tackle and was voted the team's best freshman. As a sophomore, he took over the position of the left tackle after the position became vacant due to the departure of Nick Kaczur . In all three seasons as a left tackle he was elected to the first-team All- MAC . As a senior, he was also elected third-team All-American by Phil Steele Magazine and Rivals.com . After his last game for the Rockets, he received an invitation to the East-West Shrine Game .

For the 100th anniversary of the Rockets in 2017, Greco was voted 20th in the All-Century Team. Three years earlier he had already been inducted into the sports-independent Hall of Fame of the Toledo Rockets .

NFL

St. Louis Rams

In the 2011 NFL draft , Greco was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the third round as the 65th player. In his first season he only started one game. In total, he came to nine games on the position of the right guard . In his three years with the Rams he played 26 games, of which he started four.

Cleveland Browns

On July 31, 2011, the Rams Greco transferred for a conditional seven-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft to the Cleveland Browns . The Browns did not have to hand over the pick, however, as Greco did not start a game and only played 52 snaps. In his second season for the Browns Greco started in ten games on the position of the left guard, after an injury to Jason Pinkston, who was actually playing in this position . He also played every snap in his first nine starts. Due to his good performance as a replacement for Pinkston, he received a five-year contract with the Browns on July 23, 2013. In 2014 he played for the first time in his NFL career on the position of the center , after an injury to the actual center Alex Mack on the fifth day of the game. He also started all 16 games this season for the first time in his career.

In 2015 he started the first 14 games as a right guard for the Browns before he was placed on the injured reserve list with a knee injury . In 2016 he was able to start 12 games in a season that ended prematurely due to injuries. He started ten games as right guard, two as center. Greco was one of the better players in a bad Browns offensive line. Out of a total of 66 sacks , only four Greco counted. He was released on September 2, 2017.

New Orleans Saints

On October 4, 2017, Greco was signed by the New Orleans Saints . He was released on November 8th without ever being used.

New York Giants

Just days later, he was signed by the New York Giants . He played 105 snaps in six games for the Giants. After the season, his contract was extended for a year. From the third game day in his second season for the Giants, Greco started as a center. After five games he was replaced as the center by Spencer Pulley and instead started as the right guard. After two games, however, he was replaced in this position and was then only used as a backup. After the 2018 season , he became a free agent.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Report on nfl.com, accessed April 20, 2016
2. ^ ^{A b} John Greco - Football. In: utrockets.com. University of Toledo Athletics, accessed April 25, 2020 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} John Greco Selected in Third Round of NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams; Jalen Parmele taken in Sixth Round by Miami. In: utrockets.com. University of Toledo Athletics, accessed April 25, 2020 . 
4. ↑ John Robinson Block (Ed.): 100 Years of Toledo Football . Toledo Blade Company , 2017, ISBN 978-0-692-94023-5 , pp. 58 .
5. ^ Mike Kennedy, Football (1977-79, 81). Toledo Rockets, accessed February 23, 2018 . 
6. ^ John Greco (2014). In: utrockets.com. University of Toledo Athletics, accessed April 26, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Stlvinnie 12 Years Ago: Rams Select John Greco With The 65th pick. In: ramblinfan.com. 2008, Retrieved April 25, 2020 (American English). 
8. ↑ Mike Florio: Rams ship John Greco to Browns. In: nbcsports.com. 2011, Retrieved April 25, 2020 (American English). 
9. ↑ Report on espn.com, accessed April 20, 2016
10. ↑ Tom Reed, Clevel, .com: Cleveland Browns guard John Greco making the most of his opportunity. In: cleveland.com. cleveland, 2012, accessed April 26, 2020 . 
11. ^ OL Greco, Browns agree to 5-year contract. ESPN.com, 2013, accessed April 26, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Cleveland Browns sign guard John Greco. In: fansided.com. 2013, accessed April 26, 2020 (American English). 
13. ^ Kristopher Knox, How John Greco Starting at Center Will Affect Browns' Stellar Offensive Line. In: bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report, accessed April 26, 2020 . 
14. ^ Browns guard John Greco done for season with knee injury. In: usatoday.com. USA TODAY, accessed April 26, 2020 (American English). 
15. ^ Brown's release, John Greco. In: profootballrumors.com. Pro Football Rumors, accessed April 26, 2020 (American English). 
16. ^ Browns place starting guard John Greco on injured reserve. In: apnews.com. AP NEWS, 2016, accessed April 26, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Andrea Hangst: Does John Greco Have a Place on the Browns' Roster in 2017? In: dawgsbynature.com. Dawgs By Nature, 2017, accessed April 26, 2020 . 
18. ^ Chris Pokorny: Browns say goodbye to long-time OL John Greco; So Xavier Cooper waived. In: dawgsbynature.com. Dawgs By Nature, 2017, accessed April 26, 2020 . 
19. ^ Saints sign John Greco. (No longer available online.) October 4, 2017, archived from the original on January 6, 2018 ; accessed on October 5, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ↑ Times-Picayune report of November 8, 1017, accessed November 9, 2017
21. ↑ Report ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Giants homepage from November 14, 1017, accessed on November 26, 2017 
22. ^ Ed Valentine: Veteran guard John Greco re-signs with the New York Giants. In: bigblueview.com. Big Blue View, 2018, accessed April 25, 2020 . 
23. ^ John Greco, Chad Wheeler step in and Giants don't miss a beat. In: usatoday.com. 2018, accessed on April 25, 2020 . 
24. ↑ Giants bench Patrick Omameh, Spencer Pulley now starting center. In: usatoday.com. 2018, accessed on April 25, 2020 . 
25. ↑ Report: Giants will start Jamon Brown at right guard vs. 49ers. In: 247sports.com. New York Giants, accessed April 25, 2020 (American English). 
26. ↑ John Greco knows what losing looks like, and what he sees in these Giants is different. In: northjersey.com. North Jersey, accessed April 25, 2020 .