(1968-08-23)August 23, 1968 Osceola, Arkansas, U.S.
Died:
May 23, 2017(2017-05-23) (aged 48) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
306 lb (139 kg)
Career information
High school:
Rivercrest (Wilson, Arkansas)
College:
Miami (FL)
NFL draft:
1990 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
Seattle Seahawks (1990–2000)
Career highlights and awards
NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1992)
3× First-team All-Pro (1992–1994)
2× Second-team All-Pro (1991, 1996)
8× Pro Bowl (1991–1996, 1998, 1999)
NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
PFWA All-Rookie Team (1990)
Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor
Seattle Seahawks No. 96 retired
2× National champion (1987, 1989)
Second-team All-American (1989)
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:
668
Sacks:
58.0
Interceptions:
3
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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
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1980, Ted Hendricks in 1990, Jim Kelly in 2002, Michael Irvin in 2007, CortezKennedy in 2012, Warren Sapp in 2013, Ray Lewis in 2018, Ed Reed in 2019, Edgerrin...
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