Chad Hennings

Chad Hennings

Hennings at a speaking engagement
No. 95
Position:	Defensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1965-10-20) October 20, 1965 (age 51)
Place of birth:	Elberon, Iowa
Height:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:	291 lb (132 kg)
Career information
High school:	Van Horne (IA) Benton Co.
College:	Air Force
NFL Draft:	1988 / Round: 11 / Pick: 290
Career history
Dallas Cowboys (1992–2000)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-WAC (1986, 1987) 3× Academic All-WAC (1985–1987) Stan Bates Award as the WAC top scholar-athlete (1987) All-American (1987) Outland Trophy (1987) WAC Defensive Player of the year (1987) UPI Lineman of the Year (1987) 3× Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX) WAC Defensive Player of the decade for the 1980s NCAA Silver Anniversary Award (2013) Japan Bowl MVP (1988) Walter Camp Alumni of the Year (2014)
Career NFL statistics
Sacks: 27.5 Games played: 119 Games started: 72 Fumble Recoveries: 6 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
College Football Hall of Fame

Chad William Hennings (born October 20, 1965) is a former American football defensive tackle for the Air Force Academy Falcons and Dallas Cowboys. He won the Outland Trophy in his senior year of college in 1987.

Despite facing an obligation to enter the Air Force upon graduating the Academy, Hennings was selected in the eleventh round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Cowboys, and played in the National Football League from 1992 to 2000, winning three Super Bowls.

While at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa, Hennings became an All-state football tight end and the state heavyweight wrestling champion his senior year.

After being offered full scholarships from different universities he chose to attend the United States Air Force Academy, near Colorado Springs. Lettering as a freshman in 1984, he started his college football career as a tight end before being switched to the defensive line as a sophomore.

Hennings was moved to defensive tackle in his sophomore season, became a starter and made the All--WAC second team. That 1985 season was the greatest in Air Force history as the Falcons went 12-1, were conference co-champions, defeated Texas in the Bluebonnet Bowl and placed fifth in the final coaches poll. During his junior year in 1986, he became a dominant defensive player, was named to the first of two All-Conference teams, the first of two Academic All-American teams and the second of three Academic All-WAC honors.