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Peter Marcus Kendall (born July 9, 1973 in Quincy, Massachusetts) is an American football player in the National Football League who currently plays guard for the Washington Redskins. He played High school football at Archbishop Williams in Braintree, Massachusetts and he also played college football at Boston College and was a two-time all-Big East Conference selection as a junior and senior. He was drafted in the 1996 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks, and later played for the Arizona Cardinals and New York Jets. He also volunteered for the American Red Cross in an effort to help families in Hurricane Katrina.
In 2007 Kendall became embroiled in a contract dispute with the Jets' front office. Kendall believed the team had reneged on a verbal agreement to raise his base salary for 2007 after he had agreed to restructure his contract the year before. Kendall made his grievances public despite head coach Eric Mangini's instructions not to do so. As a result, Mangini sent Kendall to the rookie dorms and demoted him to second string, further aggravating the situation. On August 23, 2007 Kendall was traded to the Washington Redskins for a conditional draft pick (either a fifth round pick in 2008 or a fourth round pick in 2009, based on playing time).
