2020 Football Roster
Roster
Greenwood, Aman

Jersey Number 26
Aman Greenwood
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 183
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Washington, D.C.
- High School:
- St. John's College
Bio
Career Overview: Safety who jumped into the starting lineup in the back-half of the 2020 campaign and appeared in nine games in 2021 ... Entered the transfer portal at the conclusion of the 2023 season ... Finished his SU career with with 27 career games played, 32 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and four pass breakups.
Redshirt Junior Year (2023): Appeared in seven games as a defensive back, making four tackles ... Made two tackles in the season opener against Colgate (9/2) ... Made a solo tackle against Western Michigan (9/9) ... Had one tackle in the win at Purdue (9/16) ... Also saw action at North Carolina (10/7), Florida State (10/14), Virginia Tech (10/26) and Pittsburgh (11/11).
Redshirt Sophomore Year (2022): Did not play in any games due to injury.
Redshirt Freshman Year (2021): Saw action in nine games, making 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss ... Saw his first action of the year against Albany (9/18) ... Made two tackles and had his first collegiate tackle for loss at Florida State (10/2) ... Had a season-best three tackles at Virginia Tech (10/23) ... Had a pair of solo stops against Pitt (11/27) ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall semester.
Redshirt Freshman Year (2020): Appeared in 10 games, starting the final-seven games of the season at safety … Made 18 tackles and had four pass breakups on the year … Had two tackles against Georgia Tech (9/26) … Had four solo stops in his first collegiate start vs. Liberty (10/17). Also had a pass breakup … Had a pass breakup and two tackles at Clemson (10/24) … Had a pass breakup and three tackles against Wake Forest (10/31).
Redshirt Year (2019): Appeared in one game ... Made his Syracuse debut versus Holy Cross (9/28) ... Did not record any statistics.
High School: Defensive back for four seasons for head coach Joe Casamento … Considered the No. 8 prospect in Washington, D.C. by ESPN, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com … Ranked No. 98 in the 247Sports.com composite index and No. 101 by ESPN among Class of 2019 safeties … PrepStar All-Region selection … As a junior, was a member of the Cadets’ Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) championship team … As a senior, totaled 75 tackles and two interceptions to lead St. John’s to a 9-1 record, a berth in the 2018 WCAC Capital semifinals, and the No. 20 ranking in the final USA Today Super 25 poll … Team captain.
Personal: Aman B. Greenwood … Nickname is “Smurph” … Born on October 2,
1999 in Washington, D.C. … Son of Taunya and Donald Greenwood … Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Redshirt Junior Year (2023): Appeared in seven games as a defensive back, making four tackles ... Made two tackles in the season opener against Colgate (9/2) ... Made a solo tackle against Western Michigan (9/9) ... Had one tackle in the win at Purdue (9/16) ... Also saw action at North Carolina (10/7), Florida State (10/14), Virginia Tech (10/26) and Pittsburgh (11/11).
Redshirt Sophomore Year (2022): Did not play in any games due to injury.
Redshirt Freshman Year (2021): Saw action in nine games, making 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss ... Saw his first action of the year against Albany (9/18) ... Made two tackles and had his first collegiate tackle for loss at Florida State (10/2) ... Had a season-best three tackles at Virginia Tech (10/23) ... Had a pair of solo stops against Pitt (11/27) ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall semester.
Redshirt Freshman Year (2020): Appeared in 10 games, starting the final-seven games of the season at safety … Made 18 tackles and had four pass breakups on the year … Had two tackles against Georgia Tech (9/26) … Had four solo stops in his first collegiate start vs. Liberty (10/17). Also had a pass breakup … Had a pass breakup and two tackles at Clemson (10/24) … Had a pass breakup and three tackles against Wake Forest (10/31).
Redshirt Year (2019): Appeared in one game ... Made his Syracuse debut versus Holy Cross (9/28) ... Did not record any statistics.
High School: Defensive back for four seasons for head coach Joe Casamento … Considered the No. 8 prospect in Washington, D.C. by ESPN, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com … Ranked No. 98 in the 247Sports.com composite index and No. 101 by ESPN among Class of 2019 safeties … PrepStar All-Region selection … As a junior, was a member of the Cadets’ Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) championship team … As a senior, totaled 75 tackles and two interceptions to lead St. John’s to a 9-1 record, a berth in the 2018 WCAC Capital semifinals, and the No. 20 ranking in the final USA Today Super 25 poll … Team captain.
Personal: Aman B. Greenwood … Nickname is “Smurph” … Born on October 2,
1999 in Washington, D.C. … Son of Taunya and Donald Greenwood … Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Fran Brown Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Players Postgame vs. UConn
Saturday, September 06
Syracuse Football Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Fran Brown Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06