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Greenway could be headed for San Francisco

Check that. Iowa Hawkeyes outside linebacker Chad Greenway is definitely headed for San Francisco.

Sort of.

The 6-3, 244 pound son of a South Dakota hog farmer with a huge heart and endless motor is scheduled to visit the San Francisco 49ers later this month. He is one of 20 or so NFL prospects that will be coming in to visit, but he is more or less the frontrunner to become the 49ers’ first round selection and the replacement for recently-departed All Pro Julian Peterson.

San Francisco would have liked to grab Ohio State standout A.J. Hawk, but it is becoming more and more likely that he will be gone by the time the 49ers make the sixth selection in this year’s NFL draft. That puts Greenway at the top of the list.

As a Hawkeye, Chad Greenway was impressive enough to become a Butkus award semifinalist in 2005. He is known for being athletic and aggressive, maybe even too aggressive at times, but has the size and speed (4.75 40-yard dash) to be a legitimate outside linebacker at the NFL level.

However, Greenway’s best attribute might be a virtually unparalleled competitive spirit. A spirit that made him go from an unheralded recruit to one of the best college linebackers in the nation and possibly the San Francisco 49ers next first round draft pick later this month.

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