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Lance Kendricks

Lance Kendricks
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Kendricks in 2016
No. 88 Los Angeles Rams
Position: Tight end
Personal information
Date of birth: (1988-01-30) January 30, 1988 (age 29)
Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school: Milwaukee (WI) Rufus King
College: Wisconsin
NFL Draft: 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016
Receptions: 204
Receiving yards: 2,132
Receiving touchdowns: 17
Player stats at NFL.com
Receptions: 204
Receiving yards: 2,132
Receiving touchdowns: 17
Player stats at NFL.com

Lance Kendricks (born January 30, 1988) is an American football tight end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin, and was recognized as a consensus All-American. The Rams selected him in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft.

Kendricks was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended Rufus King International Baccalaureate High School in Milwaukee, where he played for the Rufus King Generals football and basketball teams. In football, he was a two-time all-city selection, the Generals' most valuable player as a junior and senior, and the team captain as a senior. He caught 42 passes for 640 yards as a senior, and totaled 102 receptions for 1,905 yards during his high school career.

Also an standout athlete, he was a member of the Generals track & field team, where he was one of the state's top performers in the jumping events. He was a four-time AAU triple jump champion. At the WIAA Division 1 State Championships, he finished 3rd in the triple jump as a sophomore and second as a junior. He was also a member of the 4 × 100m (43.92 seconds) and 4 × 200m (3:30.08 minutes).

He also competed for the Badgers track team in 2007. At the Big Ten Indoor Championships, he placed 12th in the triple jump with a leap of 14.61 meters. He also participated in the long jump event while at Wisconsin, recording a personal-best leap of 6.63 meters at the Big Ten Conference, where he took 17th. He got a PR of 14.75 meters in the triple jump.


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