Kendall attended Butler High School in Matthews, North Carolina and was an integral part of the 2009–2010 undefeated, 15–0, 4A state championship team. This team ranked No. 2 nationally by prepnation.com, was also the first North Carolina high school team to beat Independence High School since they went on their 100+ game win streak. While at Butler, Kendall was also awarded all-conference honors for his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons, and earned first-team all state honors as a senior. Butler was 49–8 during his prep career under coach Mike Newsome. Kendall committed to play college football at Appalachian State University.
College career
At Appalachian State, he saw action on the field all four seasons, and he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communication-Public relations in December 2014. Kendall also became a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, and held a top achievement of being a member of the Appalachian State athletics’ academic honor roll.[3]
His first season with the Mountaineers in 2011 saw him play 8 out of 12 games (Starting 7). The four games that he had missed were due to an injury which caused him to miss 2 games and later on he was suspended for 2 games due to misconduct.
In his second year in 2012, Kendall saw more game time as he started 11-of-12 games at left tackle. The one game he did miss was due to a head injury sustained in training. Within the season, he was number one on the team with the highest season long job grade, 87%, and technique grade, 79%. In his second season, he did not commit a single penalty.
The last 2 seasons of his college career saw Kendall excelling and performing extremely well. He played in all 24 games and was recognized by many coaches as one of the best in the conference.[4] As a right back tackle, he managed to record a total of 46 knockdowns in 2014 alone. The offensive line only allowed 11 sacks all season. That is a record which is tied for 8th among the league. To close the 2014 season, Lamm led his team to a 6-game winning streak in which the offensive line led the attack for the Mountaineers to rush for 1,747 yards (291.2 ypg) and allowed only one sack. He also recorded a game in which he had a performance of the season in which he registered a total of 28 knockdowns and was charged with allowing only one sack all season.
Lamm signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 8, 2015.[6] After making the Texans roster as an undrafted rookie, Lamm played in 15 games with four starts in 2015. In 2016, he played in 15 games with three starts.
On October 28, 2017, Lamm was waived by the Texans, but was re-signed three days later.[7][8]
In 2018, Lamm started 13 games at right tackle.[9]
Cleveland Browns
On March 15, 2019, Lamm signed a two-year contract with the Cleveland Browns.[10]
On March 15, 2023, Lamm re-signed with the Dolphins.[19] At the start of the 2023 season, he was named the starting left tackle to fill in for an injured Terron Armstead.[20]
Lamm re-signed with the Dolphins on April 3, 2024.[21]
