Bill Kenney
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 20, 1955 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | San Francisco, California | ||||||||
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| College: | Northern Colorado | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: |
1978 / Round: 12 / Pick: 333 (By the Miami Dolphins) |
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| TD–INT: | 105–86 |
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| Yards: | 17277 |
| QB Rating: | 77.0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
William Patrick Kenney (born January 20, 1955) is a retired quarterback who spent 9 years in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1980 to 1988 and a former politician who spent 8 years as a Missouri State Senator. Kenney was originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 12th round of the 1978 NFL Draft.
Kenney was born in San Francisco and graduated from San Clemente High School in 1973. He originally received a scholarship to play at Arizona State University but transferred to small Saddleback College after one season. After graduating from Saddleback, a two-year junior college, he spent the remainder of his college career at the University of Northern Colorado.
Kenney was drafted by the Miami Dolphins. He was cut from the Dolphins at the end of training camp, but he had more success two years later, when he made the Kansas City Chiefs roster as the backup to Steve Fuller. He ended up starting games late in the year because of an injury to Fuller and did exceptionally well. His late season performance helped him to take over the starting job for good in 1981.
After an average 1982 season, Kenney was in line to be replaced by Todd Blackledge, whom the Chiefs drafted as part of the vaunted Quarterback class of 1983. Kenney responded by having a breakout season, setting team records for passing yards (4,348) and completions (346) in a season; the latter was also good enough to lead the NFL. Kenney earned a Pro Bowl berth that season. At one point, he threw for over 300 yards in 4 games in a row, topping out at 417 yards in a loss to Seattle. Unfortunately for Kenney and the Chiefs, they would lose all four games.
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