John Denney
Denney in 2011
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| No. 92 Miami Dolphins | |||||||||
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| Position: | Long snapper | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 13, 1978 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Denver, Colorado | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Thornton (CO) Horizon | ||||||||
| College: | BYU | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2005 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 192 |
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| Tackles: | 13 |
| Fumbles recovered: | 3 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
John Sifford Denney (born December 13, 1978) is an American football long snapper for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Brigham Young University (BYU), and was signed by the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2005. As of the 2016 offseason, he is the longest tenured player on the Dolphins roster. Denney is also running a streak of 176 consecutive starts, ranking second among active players, as of the 2016 offseason.
Denney was born to Craig and Sheri Denney in Denver, Colorado. He learned to play the violin at age 5 and was an Eagle Scout. A member of the LDS Church, Denney served a church mission to Morristown, New Jersey. As a child, he was a fan of the Denver Broncos.
Denney was a three-year letterman at Horizon High School in Thornton, Colorado. As a senior, he earned first-team all-conference honors, second-team all-state honors and was his team's Special Teams Player of the Year. A three-time academic all-conference selection, Denney graduated from Horizon in 1997 with National Student-Athlete honors.
Despite being recruited by Northern Colorado, Chadron State and Mesa State, Denney chose to attend Ricks College. He earned All-Region 18 honors as a freshman and helped the school to a 44-14 win over Snow College in the Real Dairy Bowl. In that game, Denney recorded two sacks and two pass deflections.
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