Dennis Kelly (football player)

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Dennis Kelly
Dennis Kelly 2019 10-13.jpg
Kelly in the Tennessee Titans' dress (2019)
Tennessee Titans - No. 71
Offensive tackle
Date of birth: January 16, 1990
Place of birth: Chicago Heights , Illinois
Height: 2.03 m Weight: 146 kg
NFL debut
2012 for the Tennessee Titans
Career
College : Purdue
NFL Draft : 2012 / Round: 5 / Pick: 153
 Teams:
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • No significant events
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Games     88
as a starter     31
Touchdowns     1
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Dennis Andrew Kelly (* 16th January 1990 in Chicago Heights , Illinois ) is an American American Footballer in the National Football League (NFL). He plays for the Tennessee Titans as an offensive tackle . Before that he was already under contract with the Philadelphia Eagles .

college

Kelly, who comes from a football-loving family - his older brother Tim works as a coach, currently (as of May 2020) he is offensive coordinator for the Houston Texans - attended Purdue University and successfully played college football for their team, the Boilermakers . Between 2009 and 2011 he played a total of 42 games, 37 times as a starter .

NFL

Philadelphia Eagles

In the NFL Draft 2012, he was in the fifth round as a total of 153 by the Philadelphia Eagles selected and received a four-year contract 2,288,000 US dollars . In his rookie season he played 13 games, ten times as a starter, where he was used in various positions on the offensive line . In 2013 he did not play a single game, in 2014 he was called up three times, both as a left and right tackle. In 2015 he got significantly more playing time and took part in 14 games.

Tennessee Titans

In 2016, Kelly moved to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham . He was used in all 16 games, where he not only played as a tackle, left and right, but was also called up as an additional tight end . In the following seasons he mainly held various positions in the offensive line and was used less and less as a tight end. In 2019, however, he was able to catch a pass from Ryan Tannehill in the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the end zone and thus achieve his first touchdown .

Web links

Commons : Dennis Kelly (American football)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on the Texans homepage, accessed May 28, 2020
  2. ↑ The Titans' player biography, accessed May 28, 2020
  3. ↑ Contract overview on spotrac.com, accessed on May 28, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Kelly, Dennis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kelly, Dennis Andrew (FULL NAME)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago Heights , Illinois , United States