Ishmaa'ily Kitchen Explained

Ishmaa'ily Kitchen
Number:67, 70
Position:Nose tackle
Birth Date:1988 8, mf=y
Birth Place:Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:334
High School:Cardinal Mooney
(Youngstown, Ohio)
College:Kent State
Undraftedyear:2012
Pastteams:
Statlabel1:Total tackles
Statvalue1:78
Pfr:KitcIs00

Ishmaa'ily "Ish" Yuwsha Kitchen[1] (; born August 24, 1988) is an American former professional football nose tackle. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football for Kent State University. Kitchen was also a member of the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

College career

Kitchen played college football at Kent State. In his senior year, he started 6 games at the nose tackle position. In his junior year, he played in all 12 games in which he recorded 22 tackles for the season. In his sophomore year, he played in 12 games.

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ESPN Profile . ESPN.com .
  2. Web site: Ravens Cut Roster To 53 . baltimoreravens.com . August 31, 2012 . September 3, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120903225429/http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Ravens-Cut-Roster-To-53/00bb124c-0b50-4326-8140-b3baa76bb089 . dead .
  3. Web site: Browns Awarded Tank Carder, Ishmaa'ily Kitchen On Waivers . cleveland.sbnation.com . September 2012 . September 1, 2012.
  4. Web site: Browns announce additional roster moves . clevelandbrowns.com . September 1, 2012 . September 3, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120903231639/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-1/Browns-announce-additional-roster-moves/d7bc25bc-2493-42e1-8f28-eac751dc7c72 . dead .
  5. Web site: TWENTYMAN: Lions add another defensive tackle. www.detroitlions.com. October 8, 2015. October 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151009224619/http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider-short/article-1/TWENTYMAN-Lions-add-another-defensive-tackle/fe2cf419-986a-41b9-84cb-75857b08ad50. dead.
  6. News: Lions sign DT Kitchen, cut Phillip Hunt . Birkett . Dave . . October 8, 2015 . October 8, 2015.
  7. Web site: Lions claim DT Khyri Thornton. Twentyman, Tim. DetroitLions.com. October 24, 2015. March 5, 2017. March 6, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210159/http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider-short/article-1/TWENTYMAN-Lions-claim-DT-Khyri-Thornton/369722e1-d0d3-4fa4-b5bf-6e41c8b1d884. dead.
  8. Web site: Patriots bringing aboard DT Ishmaa'ily Kitchen to add depth. ESPN.com. December 16, 2015 . December 17, 2015.
  9. Web site: Patriots sign RB Steven Jackson; Release DL Ishmaa'ily Kitchen New England Patriots . www.patriots.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151223173428/http://www.patriots.com/news/2015/12/22/patriots-sign-rb-steven-jackson-release-dl-ishmaaily-kitchen . 2015-12-23.
  10. Web site: Patriots.com. Patriots release DL Chris Jones and DL Ishmaa'ily Kitchen. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002153/http://www.patriots.com/news/2016/04/15/patriots-release-dl-chris-jones-and-dl-ishmaaily-kitchen. dead. March 5, 2017. April 15, 2016. October 20, 2018.
  11. Web site: Bucs Sign Kitchen, Still Cooking Up DT Depth. Smith. Scott. Buccaneers.com. August 15, 2016. August 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816122542/http://www.buccaneers.com/news/article-smith/Bucs-Sign-Kitchen-Still-Cooking-Up-DT-Depth/59cbf40d-792c-4024-af5c-4d4879d252b6. dead.
  12. Web site: Jacob Schum, Major Wright Among 12 Cuts. Smith. Scott. Buccaneers.com. August 28, 2016.

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