Back كورتيز كينيدي Arabic كورتيز كينيدى ARZ Cortez Kennedy German Cortez Kennedy Spanish Cortez Kennedy French Cortez Kennedy Hungarian Cortez Kennedy Italian コーテス・ケネディ Japanese
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | August 23, 1968 Osceola, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | May 23, 2017 (aged 48) Orlando, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 306 lb (139 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Rivercrest (Wilson, Arkansas) | ||||||||
| College: | Miami (FL) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1990 / round: 1 / pick: 3 | ||||||||
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Cortez Kennedy (August 23, 1968 – May 23, 2017) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for his entire 11-season career with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2012.[1] He redefined and expanded the possibilities of how a large-bodied interior lineman could be used.[2] In 1992, he won the Defensive Player of the Year award despite his team finishing 2–14.
Kennedy played collegiate football for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami.
- ^ "Defensive disruption". NFL Internet Network. Profootballhof.com. July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ^ NFL (May 23, 2017), Cortez Kennedy's Hall of Fame Career Remembered | NFL Films, retrieved May 23, 2017