Greenard just finished his graduate transfer season at Florida, where he led the SEC with 9.5 sacks. He previously played for Louisville (2015-2018).
Greenard met with media late Friday and said he was excited to be able to play for the Texans and had a good feeling about the team selecting him. Now, he's just looking forward to taking advantage of the opportunity.
Only five teams had fewer sacks than the Texans in the 2019 regular season, and they had the fewest of any playoff team in the AFC.
“My biggest strength is just my knowledge of the game, my natural instincts, just having a knack for the ball," Greenard said. "Things I'm going to work on, just overall being at the top of my pass rush just to make sure that I get my pass rush and my sacks a lot more easier, to make my job easier when I come off the edge and working a move and the finding the secondary move on top of it. Just things that I can learn with experience, just the overall technique work.”
Head coach-general manager Bill O'Brien said he liked Greenard's toughness and football intelligence. O'Brien called Greenard a "humble" and "hungry guy."
Greenard even said he views himself as an underdog.
"I think he falls into that category of dependable, tough and smart. I think Ross falls into that category too. I think we've got two guys that are going to walk into the locker room, they're going to put their head down and they're going to go to work and they're going to know that they're coming into a good football team and they're going to be ready to go."