Guy Dennis
Guy Durell Dennis is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for seven seasons in the National Football League during the 1960s and 1970s. Dennis played college football for the Florida Gators, earning First-team All-American honors in 1968. Thereafter, he played in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Detroit Lions.
Early life
Dennis was born in Walnut Hill, Florida in 1947, and he attended Northview [High School |Ernest Ward High School] in Walnut Hill.College career
Dennis received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played guard for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1966 [Florida Gators football team|1966] to Florida Gators football team|1968]. He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection in 1967 and 1968, a first-team All-American in 1968, and a team captain in 1968. He was also the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage."While he was an undergraduate, Dennis was initiated as a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He graduated from Florida with bachelor's degree in 1970, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members|University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame] as a "Gator Great."