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Outside linebacker Kevin Greene goes into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio next month.

On a conference call Thursday, Greene told reporters that he’ll receive his Hall of Fame ring later this year in Pittsburgh and that he considers himself “always a Steeler.”

Greene played for the Rams, Steelers, Panthers and 49ers over the course of his 15-year career.

Baseball Hall of Famers choose a team upon induction because their busts wear caps, and one logo must be chosen. Pro Football Hall of Famers aren’t inducted as members of a team, no matter how many different teams for which they played.

Greene is simply choosing the Steelers over the Rams, for whom he played his first eight seasons, for his official ring ceremony. The Rams drafted Greene in the fifth round in 1985.

“Yes, I’ve been approached by the Ram organization to do something similar, but I think at this point it is expressly understood that I’m really gonna receive my ring there at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh,” Greene said, per the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

“Really that was the pinnacle of my career there in Pittsburgh. We had the right attitude on defense. We had great weapons all-around. I played with Hall of Famers…just really the time of my life. Once a Steeler, always a Steeler.”

Greene had 160 career sacks. He had consecutive 16.5 sack seasons with the Rams in 1988-89. He had 35.5 total sacks in his three years (1993-95) with the Steelers and had two of his five Pro Bowl seasons in Pittsburgh.