He was born Shamond Syrese Greenwood, but the name he goes by, “LC,” would cause confusion for most outside of Oklahoma State’s fan base. He shares a name, but no relation, with the former NFL defensive end and member of the famous “Steel Curtain” defense that helped the Pittsburgh Steelers secure four Super Bowl wins from 1975 to 1980.
Now the two have something else in common.
Greenwood started off his Cowboy career, of course, at the bottom of a deep and talented wide receiver depth chart. After redshirting in 2017 and then only playing sparingly in 2018, Greenwood, the two-way player in high school, made a decision to effect change on his own career path — the ambitious conversion to defense.