The Super Bowl writes countless stories each year that are worth being retold, but few of them have quite as many twists and turns as Brian Kinchen’s.
Kinchen originally started his career as a 12th-round draft pick in 1988, and as a long snapper/tight end hybrid ended up spending the next 13 seasons in Miami, Green Bay, Cleveland, Baltimore and Carolina. He appeared in 195 games, but only saw action in two playoff contests.
That number increasing seemed unlikely heading into December 2003. Kinchen had not signed with any team following his release from the Panthers after the 2001 season, and had since turned to teaching and coaching youth football at a high school in his hometown of Baton Rouge.