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Kenny McEntyre

Kenny McEntyre (born December 12, 1970), nicknamed "the Glove", is an American former professional football defensive back. He played college football at Kansas State.

McEntyre played for the Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL), the Frankfurt Galaxy and London Monarchs of NFL Europa, and Kansas City Brigade.

McEntyre attended Plano East Senior High School in Plano, Texas and was a letterman in football. In football, he was an All-District and an All-Metro honoree.

McEntyre originally attended Cloud County Community College, where he played basketball, but not football. He then signed a basketball scholarship at Kansas State. He played in 11 games for the Wildcats during the 1992–1993 basketball season. While at Kansas State, he played just two seasons of football and one of basketball. He recorded 118 career tackles with four interceptions, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and six pass defenses. He was also the co-MVP of the 1993 Copper Bowl after Kansas State's 52–17 win over Wyoming. While at Kansas State, he majored in business.

McEntryed was not selected in the 1994 NFL draft, however he attended training camps with the Indianapolis Colts and then the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1994 where he spent time on the team's practice squad and Kansas City Chiefs in 1996 and 1997.

McEntyre played for the London Monarchs of NFL Europe, from 1995 to 1997. He then went on to play for the Frankfurt Galaxy in 1998. He led the league in interceptions with five in 1996, returning one 66 yards for a touchdown. His 128 interception return yards also led league.

In January 1998, McEntyre signed with the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League and was placed on the exempt list (NFL Europe). He was placed on the refused to report list in June 1998, and was activated on July 28, 1998, and played in just one regular season game, in which he recorded one tackle and one pass defensed while limiting Florida Bobcats wide receiver Bernard Holmes to just two catches for 11 yards. In just his second career game, a quarterfile playoff game against the Nashville Kats, he intercepted two passes in the end zone and knocked down two others while recording five tackles in the Predators 58–43 win. He recorded four tackles, two pass defenses and an interception in the 62–31 win in ArenaBowl XII.

In 1999, McEntyre led the league in interceptions with seven, yet was left off both the First and Second All-Arena teams. He also recorded 15 passes defensed and 62.5 tackles. He set an AFL record by returning three interceptions for touchdowns in the regular season and added a fourth in the first round win at top-seeded the Tampa Bay Storm. He led the team with six total tackles in a semifinal win over the second-seeded Iowa Barnstormers. He led the team with eight total tackles in an ArenaBowl XIII loss to the Albany Firebirds, but did record his third interception of the post-season.

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