Ishmaa'ily Kitchen
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Position: | Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, Ohio) | ||
College: | Kent State | ||
Undrafted: | 2012 | ||
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Ishmaa'ily "Ish" Yuwsha Kitchen
College
Kitchen played
Professional career
Baltimore Ravens
He signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. On August 31, 2012, he was released.[2]
Cleveland Browns
On September 1, 2012, he was claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns. During the 2014-2015 season Kitchen came out with a new sack dance called the "Kitchen Slam." During this celebration Kitchen acted like he was stirring a pot of dough in the kitchen and then slammed it onto the ground. His sack dance caught on and was later voted the best sack dance in the NFL.[3][4] Kitchen was released by the Browns on September 1, 2015.
Detroit Lions
On October 8, 2015, Kitchen signed with the Detroit Lions.[5][6] He was later released on October 23, 2015.[7]
New England Patriots
On December 16, 2015, Kitchen was signed to the active roster of the New England Patriots.[8] He was cut on December 22, 2015 to make room on the roster for Steven Jackson.[9] The Patriots re-signed Kitchen to their 53-man roster on December 30, 2015.
The Patriots released Kitchen on April 15, 2016.[10]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On August 15, 2016, Kitchen was signed by the Buccaneers.[11] On August 28, 2016, Kitchen was waived by the Buccaneers.[12]
In popular culture
In 2015, Kitchen appeared in the Key & Peele skit 'East-West Bowl 3', a Comedy Central Super Bowl special which featured NFL players with unusual names.
References
- ^ "ESPN Profile". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Ravens Cut Roster To 53". baltimoreravens.com. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ^ "Browns Awarded Tank Carder, Ishmaa'ily Kitchen On Waivers". cleveland.sbnation.com. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ "Browns announce additional roster moves". clevelandbrowns.com. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ "TWENTYMAN: Lions add another defensive tackle". www.detroitlions.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ Birkett, Dave (October 8, 2015). "Lions sign DT Kitchen, cut Phillip Hunt". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ Twentyman, Tim (October 24, 2015). "Lions claim DT Khyri Thornton". DetroitLions.com. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "Patriots bringing aboard DT Ishmaa'ily Kitchen to add depth". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "Patriots sign RB Steven Jackson; Release DL Ishmaa'ily Kitchen | New England Patriots". www.patriots.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015.
- ^ "Patriots release DL Chris Jones and DL Ishmaa'ily Kitchen". Patriots.com. April 15, 2016. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- ^ Smith, Scott. "Bucs Sign Kitchen, Still Cooking Up DT Depth". Buccaneers.com.
- ^ Smith, Scott (August 28, 2016). "Jacob Schum, Major Wright Among 12 Cuts". Buccaneers.com.