Kennedy For President!

University of Miami alum Cortez Kennedy was voted into the Pro Football Hall of  Fame on Saturday afternoon.

Kennedy registered 58 sacks and scored one touchdown on a fumble recovery in his 11-season career with the Seattle Seahawks. The No. 3 overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft, Kennedy had a streak of 116 games played, earned selection to eight Pro Bowls (1992 to 97, 1999, 2000) and missed just nine games out of a possible 176 in his career.

As a senior defensive tackle in 1989, he emerged as a dominant force on what many considered to be the nation's top defensive line unit.  Kennedy, started all 12 games and his tenacious defense helped lead UM to a 11-1 season, a victory in the Sugar Bowl over Alabama and the 1989 National Championship. He earned second team AP All-American honors.

Kennedy joins fellow Canes Jim Otto (1980), Ted Hendricks (1990), Jim Kelly (2002) and Michael Irvin (2007) in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

Below is a full bio from the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

CORTEZ KENNEDY BIO
Defensive Tackle ... 6-3, 298 ... Northwest Mississippi Community College; Miami (FL) ... 1990-2000 Seattle Seahawks ... 11 playing seasons, 167 games ... Seahawks 1st round draft pick (3rd player overall), 1990 NFL Draft ... First Team All-America choice at Miami in 1989 ... Extremely durable, played in 167 of possible 176 games ... Injury ended streak of 116 straight games played and club record 100 consecutive games started ... Named first-team All-Rookie by PFWA ... Voted to a team-record eight Pro Bowls (1992-97, 1999, 2000) ... Named first-team (1992, 1993, 1994) or second-team (1991, 1996) All-Pro five times ... Named NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1992 while playing for a 2-14 team ... That season led all interior linemen with 14 sacks and career best 92 tackles; had four forced fumbles; recovered fumble and batted down two passes ... Recorded one of finest seasons in 1999 recording 73 tackles, 6.5 sacks, intercepting two passes, helping Seahawks reach playoffs for first time since 1988 ... In all, registered 58 sacks, intercepted three passes and scored one touchdown on fumble recovery during career ... He twice led the team in sacks (1992 and 1995) ... Born August 23, 1968 in Osceola, Arkansas.  

Chris Freet
Associate AD for Communications | University of Miami Athletics

Comments

[Ucane]

first

[BEERicane]

Cortez the Killer!

[Hassan]

Big Tez

[VA Cane]

4th go big man you were as great one!!!!

[CaneFan47]

Congratulations Mr.Kennedy. Cane Legend!

[usagainsttheworld.com]

melvin bratton

[usagainsttheworld.com]

whoops! that would be stanley shakespeare

[USpirit]

What do you guys think - http://bit.ly/wzeojS

[Felipe]

LinderWQAM Jon Linder
Big win for Missouri. Frank Haith is cashing in after inheriting a really talented team that he had no part in assembling. #truth

^Truth.

[Ohio_Cane]

Raize - I'm so sorry for your loss. Many prayers headed to U and your family bro. I cannot imagine going thru what U have.

[CaneRock]

Amen.......sorry I have not been on lately. I found out in early January that my dad had cancer so I have been upset for a while. I am sad to report that he passed away yesterday. If I can pass on anything, please please be sure you to keep your health before anything else.

Posted by: raizecane | February 04, 2012 at 07:25 PM

Sorry to hear about your loss RC, my condolences go out to You and Yours.
And on your health note, I'll take that to heart, I'm trying to kick this pack-a-day cigarette habit.
But again, my condolences to You and Yours...

[SOUP]

Raize..our deepest sympathies are with U.

God Bless U.

[Felipe]

Best wishes to you and yours raizecane. My condolences for sure. Take care.

[IraqiCane]

My prayers to you and yours Raize.

[Old Skool]

So is Sapp next?

[LB]

Deepest sympathies and warmest wishes.

[Upnorthcane]

Hey raize, my deepest sympathies on your loss. I cant imagine what your going through be as strong as you can buddy and remember CANESPACE and all of us bloggers are here for you man.

[4-Real]

Sorry 4 your loss Raize. The whole Cane Gang wit cha bud.

[Fran]

raise....I can only add our condolences to those above and add I am totally aware of the need for vigilance in ones own health care. I am blessed in the fact my wife rather late in her working life went back to school and got her RN.
Jean & Fran

[Old Skool]

I'm sorry Raize. If I can add to your health note. Part of keeping your health is being aware of the symptoms and getting them checked out promptly. My father ignored his symptoms and enabled his cancer to progress beyond where it could be reasonably treated.

[roachcane77]

raizecane, I lost my father to cancer & emphysema as well. So sorry for your loss, my deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family.

[The Wizard]

Raize, my thoughts are with you today.

[Hassan]

Raize prayers go out to your family

[hassan]

My source says we have 3 commits coming

Jermaine Bigcountry Grace

George Williams

Bigsix Thomas

I got more info coming look out for these guys too

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTQn_2UcPRfs%26feature%3Drelated&h=2AQEcXrF8
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FhIOmMy0hAYg&h=RAQFL7700
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000382248108&ref=pymk#!/profile.php?id=1283889482

[hassan]

BTW Ken Dorsey is announcing something big next week many speculate something related to the U. ...

[VA Cane]

Raize,

I lost my Dad in Oct 2010; it was not easy, as my life has been hard since 2008 with very few appraisals,loss of income due to housing crisis, possible loss of my home...but those things are nothing compared to losing my Dad. It has been tough, but it will be ok. I am sorry for your loss and extend my sympathy to your family. May god bless you and yours in your time of need, and you know all the Canespace people are thinking of you.

Always,

VA Cane

[UMike]

hassan..are those 2013 kids?

[4-Real]

I tried 2 post couple days ago that rapper T.I. was seen on B.E.T's 106 & park sporting a U cap. We need to use things like that 2 our advantage when recruiting. Aside from reaching out 2 former Cane players Golden should start reaching out to other celebrities like D-Wade, Rick Ross, Lebron James , Khalid etc. and have meet & greet sessions and invite all the surrounding communities especially during the summer camp season. This is the only way we will be able to out recruit The Axis Of Evil, b.k.a. the s.e.c. legally. What do u guys think?

[hassan]

Check out this report on Gabe Terry

Just watched him dominate the 190 lb weight class at districts in wrestling. He's undefeated this season and only one kid took him to a decision all year. He pinned everyone else.

Not a knock at all but he's def not a d-end. I played sem-pro and he's a sam linebacker for sure. Fast twich, great explosion, and strong. He's all of 6'2.5 but didn't have to cut weight to wrestle at 190 lb. He'll be able to put another 30-40 pounds on in a couple years but that puts him at 230. No way he can get to 245+.

Wit swag you would kill for...

More attitude and presence than anyone in the gym. Wore an orange Miami hat backwards with a neon orange backpack and dark sunglasses inside all day.

Districts are considered playoffs so most kids are nervous and tense, focused and emotional. Terry straight chilled all day. Sat up in the bleachers relaxing and laughing when he wasn't wrestling. When his turn came he walk down 10 min before, changed, walked out on the mat like he jus woke up, and pinned his opponent in the first round every time. Then two min later he'd be back laughing wit all his Miami gear on.

Very athletic. Perfect linebacker body.

[UMike]

hassan...I appreciate, we appreciate all the info bro..thanx!

[hassan]

hassan..are those 2013 kids?

Posted by: UMike | February 05, 2012 at 02:29 PM

yeah they are, I am hearing race is going to be silent cause he wants the show and whatnot like his old teammate howard.

[Ohio_Cane]

BTW Ken Dorsey is announcing something big next week many speculate something related to the U. ...

Posted by: hassan | February 05, 2012 at 01:12 PM
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Maybe the NCAA is granting him one more year of eligibity and he's coming back to The U? ;-)

[UMike]

I really think Golden and co are gonna clean up on the south florida talent next year

[hassan]

One more thing, This is not really a rumour it is GOING to happen but seems a lot of people are overlooking it prob til fall camp.

There is a alot of reasons why UTough is so important, it is big no matter what team you play for the be fitter then your opponent but playing in the SFLA humidity can really give you an advantage if you are acclimated and more fit then your opponents.

The offense actually has a chance to be better then last year but with our team being more fit from another year of UTough we are looking to increase the pace. Last year there were rumblings that we slowed down the pace to protect a weak defense. we actually was 118 out 0f 120 in pace on 60.6 plays per game. This year Al Golden is looking to increase that to over 70 per game, not quite the Oregon Ducks or Oklahoma but much faster and I think this will pay dividends in many areas. So look for us to rotate more OL and WR's during the games which we can also use to sell to recruits. Look for a more quick strike offense which can also be used to sell to recruits and look for us to blow a few games open in the 4th qtr with this strategy.

http://www.footballstudyhall.com/2011/11/18/2571584/adj-pace-rankings

[Texascane]

Interesting point, Hassan...however, Okie State was sixth in "pace" and had the 107th ranked defense and still should have played for the NC.

If your offense scores 48 pts. per game (#2- Okie State), the defense doesn't need to be too good...no matter how much time they spend on the field...

[Ohio_Cane]

Canes bball putting it to Duke right now. Up 42-28 at the half! Go Canes!

[hassan]

Interesting point, Hassan...however, Okie State was sixth in "pace" and had the 107th ranked defense and still should have played for the NC.

If your offense scores 48 pts. per game (#2- Okie State), the defense doesn't need to be too good...no matter how much time they spend on the field...

Posted by: Texascane | February 05, 2012 at 03:38 PM

They was the inverse of us bro, real good offense, working at that fast pace actually helped their really crappy defense, it put points on the board and great field position. Where as our Slowed down offense was helping our D stay off the field.

But as you said should have played for the N.C you can see the benefits playing at that pace does for you, Now think about us havin #1. SFLA humidity playing at a high pace.
#2 Better skill talent then OK
#3 better defense then OK.

there is no reason why we can not be a top program in another year, we are still young so it will take a year or so but the Storm is brewing.

[Montreal-Cane]

Miami at Duke upset on the making...link to watch the game.

http://www.firstrowsports.eu/watch/106241/1/watch-miami-(fl)-vs-(5)-duke.html

[mi@mic@ne]

Getting some of those good old boy network foul calls

[mi@mic@ne]

how can you call a foul on a player who has his position and hands straight up ...good old boy

[mi@mic@ne]

i hope he makes a tape of this

[mi@mic@ne]

them refs are just waiting to blow that southern white whistle

[mi@mic@ne]

lets see the last 5 times down and 5 whistles .. yea rite

[TJL]

Damn Hassan You on FIRE today!!

[mi@mic@ne]

wow another white whistle ..refs 10 miami 10

[mi@mic@ne]

refs got to be related to Mike in some way in that deep south

[SOUP]

Miami just can't close out these games.

[mi@mic@ne]

nice no call horse collar

[SOUP]

What has happened to Durand Scott?

Two turnovers in last 2 minutes.

[mi@mic@ne]

so the guy goes in the lane and jumps into three canes who have their hands straight up and gets two shots bull crap

[Felipe]

Wow is Malcolm Grant BEYOND CLUELESS.

[SOUP]

How do U not even get a shot off with the last possession and 21 seconds to play?

[mi@mic@ne]

nice no call on number 2 who mauls scott on that last possession ..

[SOUP]

Miami's offensive execution is just painful to watch.

[Felipe]

Cook trying to draw a foul just tossed it up. Failwhale!

[Ohio_Cane]

GAME!! Go Canes!

[Felipe]

Wow what a huge upset. Larranaga son. Making getting rid of Haith a win-win situation for both parties.

[SOUP]

CANES WIN, CANES WIN, CANES WIN!

[mi@mic@ne]

cannnnnnesssssssssssss woooooooo

[mi@mic@ne]

Its great to see us not choking

[SOUP]

#5 Duke goes down at home to your Miami Hurricanes!

[Felipe]

The anti-choke remedy for 2012: 1. Larranaga 2. Golden

Woohoo.

[mi@mic@ne]

seriously tho..its a shame that it had to be one sided for Duke.. we should have at least gotten a little fair treatment at the end of regulation

[Felipe]

The refs seemed to catch on in OT and were far more conservative with the "hey look at me I'm trying to get fouled not make a shot" foul calls for sure.

[Montreal-Cane]

Great win for big Jim. Just fix the sloppy play and the Canes can beat the best.

Felippe 2 OT wins in a row...I don't remember Haith achieving that in the ACC. So Larranaga may what the doctor ordered like told me earlier this week.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Please, please tell me the students rushed the court much more efficiently than when they tried it a few years ago for the first time ever at the B.U.C.? Might have to get Larranaga to coach them up on how to do it right in his spare time now that he's getting the basketball team to turn a corner apparently.

[Montreal-Cane]

Lady Canes won their 37th straight at home...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP)- Shenise Johnson scored 19 points to lead No. 7 Miami to a 68-47 victory over Clemson on Sunday.

The Hurricanes (20-3, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) broke the game open with a 17-1 run midway through the first half. Riquna Williams hit two 3-pointers and Johnson and Shawnice Wilson both scored five points during the run.

Williams finished with 15 points for the Hurricanes, who won their 37th straight home game.

[Montreal-Cane]

Larranaga still doing some coaching in the locker room right after the win against Duke...I love it.

http://twitter.com/#!/CanesHoops/status/166286829564342272/photo/1

[mi@mic@ne]

Im impressed with how much stuff Johnson has on o under the basket.. he makes them so much better....

[Montreal-Cane]

Reggie could play on the OL or DL for the Canes but unlike Graham, Johnson has an NBA future and should return for his senior year.

[Montreal-Cane]

So glad for this huge win for the Canes and to see the Duke coach depressed after the Game...

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205374642

[Hassan]

Where is Rolle n Phillips, 1st rd big time pkayers make big time plays n big time games

[Hassan]

Soup nazi

[HawaiiCane]

Someone on eBay has a Kirby Freeman and Willie Williams jersey for sale at $279.00 for the two together. Are you kidding me? I'd pay him to burn them. Rediculous.

[Montreal-Cane]

Nice play by former Cane Kenny Phillips to end the game.

Rolle and Phillips win the Super Bowl.

I hope Bush and Howard will follow their path with hard work...

[Felipe]

I second that HawaiiCane. Dude should just burn them anyway. Unreal.

[WindyCane-Forecast1]

Where is Rolle n Phillips, 1st rd big time pkayers make big time plays n big time games

Posted by: Hassan | February 05, 2012 at 07:54 PM

Rolle and Phillips (and Bruce Johnson???) are the newest Canes earning rings and carrying the Super Bowl (Lombardi) trophy.

[Felipe]

Felippe 2 OT wins in a row...I don't remember Haith achieving that in the ACC. So Larranaga may what the doctor ordered like told me earlier this week.

Posted by: Montreal-Cane | February 05, 2012 at 05:27 PM

Hopin so Monty! Guy was coaching even after the win. Love it.

[hassan]

Rolle and Phillips (and Bruce Johnson???) are the newest Canes earning rings and carrying the Super Bowl (Lombardi) trophy.

Posted by: WindyCane-Forecast1 | February 05, 2012 at 10:04 PM

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Dwayne Hendricks is on the practice squad and jessie armstead is a lb coach. Bruce johnson was IR all year he wont get one.

[j.w.]

Never thought I'd see Welker drop a pass with the game on the line. And I really never thought UM would knock off Dook at their house, in front of all those obnoxious fans! Great day to be a Cane.

[MIA Chi 'Cane '98]

Great win by the 'Canes bball team today. Bad bball down stretch where thay had numerous chances to put away the game. They have to hit their free throws! They are called free throws for a reason! End of the games is where great teams win and bad teams lose. But they beat Duke in Cameron. Great win for Coach L and the program. They are continuing to build some mo...

Until Miami gets tough and smart players in bball and football we will continue to see these types of ebbs and flow games in these sports.

But Both Golden and Coach L have master plans and it will take a little bit of time to bring in the right players for their systems.

[MIA Chi 'Cane '98]

BTW, soup did you get my email on Thursday/ Friday?

[raizecane]

I want to thank everyone for the kind words.....it truly means alot to me.

GO CANES.......

[LB]

Kindness is the single most undervalued trait. Even to show a little of it helps a lot.

Happiness and warmth, Raize.

[Old Skool]

Apparently, there's another Patchan.

the Patriots’ 6-foot-7 junior center, Brandon Patchan, little brother of University of Florida offensive lineman Matt Patchan,

No idea if he's any good or not. Six may have insight.

[SOUP]

NEW BLOG IS UP!