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Hennessy Poised to Take Next Step

Strong. Grounded. Balanced. Focused.

Those are the traits that you learn from hot yoga. Those same traits have helped Matt Hennessy get ready for a career as a professional football player.

Who knows where he would be without it.

Hennessy came to Temple in 2016 and redshirted his first season, where although he showed promise and played in three games with one start. His head coach that year was Matt Rhule, who saw the potential in Hennessy as a center while he held down the tackle position at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.