Glenn Dennison - #86 - TE - Miami - Profile

COLLEGE: "What stands out about Glenn are his outstanding hands and ability to concetrate on the ball no matter what the situation is," said director of player personnel Mike Hickey. "He is a pressure receiver who comes up with the short and the intermediate reception when you have to have it. Crowds don't bother him. Glenn has what we call 'sneaky deep' speed. He is similar to a lot of TE's in the NFL today" ... Jow Walton: "Glenn has the potential to be the possession type of TE that could be very valuable to us. With the 2 TE offense, he could be valuable as the motion TE. He comes from a very good football program, was well coached and reminds me of Bob Tucker, who I coached at the Giants." ... Miami coach Howard Schnellenberger: "In the years I've been in football, I've never had a player with any better understanding of the passing game and the ability to locate the open spots in the defense. Glenn has always been a sure handed receiver with excellent quickness and good speed." ... record-setting Miami TE who was key factor in their national championship in 1983 ... capped off career by setting school marks for receptions in a year (54-594-3 TDs) and career (108-1,095-5 TDs) ... the previous career mark of 102 catches stood for 22 years (1961) ... ranked 8th in Miami reception yards for season (594) and 9th in career (1,095) ... was switched from WR to TE in 1981 and captured starting job for final 3 years ... was AP 2nd team All-America and UPI Honorable Mention All-America following senior campaign when he had at least 2 catches and 25 yards in every game ... top performance came in opener with 7-87 vs. Florida ... was also 8-75 vs. Notre Dame, 7-81 vs. Louisville and 7-72 vs. West Virginia ... capped career with 2TDs in upset Orange Bowl victory over top-ranked Nebraska (3-44) ... was 25-231-2 TDs in junior year despite missing 2.5 games with hip injury ... was Miami's 3rd leading receiver in 1st year at TE during sophomore year with 29-270 ... had best game that year vs. Virginia Tech with 8-66 ... possess enormous hands ... obtained with choise from San Diego through Green Bay for Abdul Salaam and Kenny Neil ... 39th player selected in the 1984 draft, 2nd TE.

PERSONAL: Wife Kristen ... daughter Heath 1 ... majored in physical education ... worked in his hometown and birthplace of Beaver Falls, PA, in a lumber yard during college ... enjoys video games and frisbee ... has done work for Special Olympics ... was football and baseball standout at Beaver Fall High, the same school attended by Joe Namath, Joe Walton and Jim Mutcheller ... was coached there by Larry Bruno, who tutored Namath his first season there and Dennison his final year ... would like to be a coach someday.

From 1984 Jets yearbook.