Broncos Add Even More To D-Line, Acquire Kennedy From Rams

by John Bena on Jun 8, 2007 12:12 PM MDT Comment 8 comments

The Denver Broncos on Friday acquired defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy in a trade with the St. Louis Rams, Head Coach Mike Shanahan announced. In exchange, Denver sent St. Louis an undisclosed pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.

To make room for Kennedy on its roster, Denver waived first-year cornerback Eric Hill.

Kennedy (6-foot-4, 320 pounds) is a fifth-year player who has spent the last four seasons with St. Louis. The Rams selected him in the first round (12th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft from Penn State University.

In 53 career regular-season games (30 starts), Kennedy has totaled 149 tackles (76 solo), four sacks (19 yds.), five pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He also has started two playoff games for his career, posting nine tackles (6 solo) and one sack (6 yds.) in those contests.

Kennedy started all 16 games for the first time in his career with the Rams in 2006 and recorded a personal-best 55 tackles (32 solo). The defensive tackle also had one sack (5 yds.), two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and one pass breakup in 2006.

During the 2005 campaign, Kennedy registered a career-high three sacks (14 yds.) and 53 tackles (26 solo) in 15 games (9 starts) for the Rams. His play that season helped St. Louis tie for the NFL lead in forcing opponent plays for negative yardage (118).

Kennedy saw his first career postseason action with St. Louis in 2004, starting both of the club's playoff contests and recording nine tackles (6 solo) and one sack (6 yds.) in those games. As a rookie in 2003, he saw time as a reserve in 13 games and made 10 tackles.

A first-team All-American (Walter Camp) as a senior at Penn State, Kennedy totaled 213 career tackles (128 solo), 14 sacks and 39 tackles for losses for the Nittany Lions. He also received first-team All-Big Ten Conference accolades and was tabbed its defensive lineman of the year following his final season at Penn State.

Kennedy earned all-state honors as a two-way lineman for Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, N.Y., and helped the school to a state title as a junior.

Jimmy Kennedy was born on Nov. 15, 1979, in Yonkers, N.Y.

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Alright!

A Penn Stater! Jimmy will stuff the middle. Jimmy has been checking you out! Jimmy likes Elaine!

Mike
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by Mike on Jun 8, 2007 1:02 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Jeeze

Jim Bates has got to love this. He's got 3 run stuffing guys now, with a hybrid like DE in Moss, and shutdown corners. This team is coming together.

Cutler roles left, fires deep down field, and hits Marshall in the endzone.

by broncodude793 on Jun 8, 2007 1:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

not bad

Kennedy couldn't make it on a team that would kill for a gap stuffer, though.

The price is certainly acceptable, however; and there's always that "change of scenery" thing.

by WABronco on Jun 8, 2007 3:11 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

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by SD Bronco on Jun 8, 2007 7:00 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

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Heh, Vikings fans....

by MN Bronco on Jun 9, 2007 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ya....

Don't get me started on Vikings fans... I moved from West river SD, home of the Black Hills and Bronco Fans to East river SD, home of muggy weather, mosquitoes as big as your head, and delusional Viking fans who think that Sioux Falls is a suburb of the cities, and that the vikings will someday have training camp there. But give em a condom, a pair of flip flops and a boat and they'll keep themselves occupied.

by SD Bronco on Jun 9, 2007 10:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hopefully

some of thes D-Lineman will pan out and put a hurtin' on LT and LJ.

Cutler roles left, fires deep down field, and hits Marshall in the endzone.

by broncodude793 on Jun 9, 2007 9:43 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Good move

Again, they add beef to the line. My concerns are that he seems to have injury trouble and I read somewhere that he was asked to be a run-stuffer and he kept wanting to shoot the gap instead. Hopefully, Bates can instill a little discipline in the guy.

by MN Bronco on Jun 9, 2007 2:54 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs