During his Freshman year of High School he settled on Basketball as his primary sport, leading his school to three state titles. Sly himself picked up two state player of the year accolades in the process. During his Senior year, College hoops scouts began taking an interest in the young PG. He garnered several scholarship offers from Division 1 schools, and began visiting them in order to narrow his selection down. During his visit to The Ohio State University, he bumped into the Head Coach for the schools football team, Walter Thompson. The two of them being from Maine, quickly found common ground, and the two made fast friends. By the end of the visit Thompson had convinced the young basketball phenom to try out for the football team. Several weeks later, in the pouring rain, Sly was put through a gauntlet of drills, during the course of which, his determination, hustle, and raw athleticism was put on display. By the end of these drills, Thompson knew he had his new cornerstone on defense. At the conclusion of his freshman year, coach Thompson implored him to stay on for another year, rather then immediately declaring for the NSFL draft. Greedy went back and forth on the decision for several weeks, uncertain as to what to do. A meeting with his eventual agent, Rodger Clemente, sealed the deal however, and Sly declared for the draft that offseason. Initially hailed as a potential top 10 pick, during the scouting process teams began to question Sly's readiness for the big leagues, given his decision to move on from college while still being such a raw athletic specimen
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