Kendall Gammon

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Kendall Gammon
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Long snapper
Personal information
Date of birth: (1968-10-23) October 23, 1968
Place of birth: Rose Hill, Kansas
Career information
College: Pittsburg State
NFL Draft: 1992 / Round: 11 / Pick: 291
Debuted in 1992
Last played in 2006
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played 234
Kickoff returns 1
Return yards 9
Stats at NFL.com

Kendall Robert Gammon (born October 23, 1968) is a former American football player who played multiple positions for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Gammon currently serves as the field reporter and pre-game host for the Kansas City Chiefs' radio broadcasts on "101 The Fox".

Career

NFL

Gammon was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1992 NFL Draft, after a four-year career at Pittsburg State University. In college, he played tight end, offensive tackle, and offensive guard, and handled the long-snaping duties. When he went to the Steelers, he was the long snapper from 1992 to 1995, and occasionally filled in on the offensive line. He spent four seasons in New Orleans, and signed with the Chiefs as a free agent in February 2000. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2005 as a special teams player, handling the long snapping duties for the AFC team. Gammon has a recently published book on the shelves called Life's a Snap. The Chiefs released Gammon prior to the 2007 season.

Post NFL

In January 2008, Gammon returned to PSU, in Pittsburg, Kansas, and serves as the university’s first major gifts officer for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. He also is active in research and developmental studies in breast cancer.

He is also active in the business world as well, he is the co-owner of Paradise Nursery, a retail/wholesale distributor of nursery products in Kansas City.[1]

Currently he is the author of two books, Lifes a Snap and Leadership Lessons from the Best of the NFL.[2]

References


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