Mike Kenn
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| Position: | Tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 9, 1956 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Evanston, Illinois | ||||||||
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| College: | Michigan | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 251 |
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| Games started: | 251 |
| Fumbles recovered: | 11 |
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Michael Lee "Mike" Kenn (born February 9, 1956) is a former American football player who was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round (13th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft. A 6'7", 275-lb. offensive tackle from the University of Michigan, Kenn played his entire 17-year National Football League (NFL) career with the Falcons from 1978 to 1994. He is notable for having started all 251 NFL games in which he played. He holds the Falcons' franchise record for games started and games played. He was selected as a first-team All-NFL player in 1980, 1983 and 1991 and was invited to play in the Pro Bowl five consecutive years from 1980 to 1984.
Kenn was born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1956. He attended Evanston Township High School. He played lacrosse and ice hockey in high school.
Kenn enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1974 and played college football at the offensive tackle position for head coach Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1975 to 1977. When he arrived at Michigan in 1974, he was six feet, six-and-a-half inches tall and weighed 220 pounds. By 1976, his weight had increased to 245 pounds.
As a sophomore, Kenn started nine games at left tackle for the 1975 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled an 8-2-2 record, scored 324 points, finished the year ranked #3 in the final AP Poll, and rushed for 3,840 yards (320 yards per game).
As a junior, Kenn started all 12 games at left tackle for the 1976 Michigan team that compiled a 10-2 record, scored 432 points, and rushed for 4,144 yards (345 yards per game).
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