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Long snapper Denney re-signs.

- By Omar Kelly, Keven Lerner On Twitter @omarkelly

John Denney’s streak of playing in the most consecutiv­e games for the Miami Dolphins will likely be extended.

The Dolphins resigned Denney, the team’s long snapper the past 14 seasons, to a oneyear contract on Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it’s likely somewhere in the neighborho­od of the $1 million salary he earned last season.

The 6-foot-5, 242-pound Denney, one of the oldest players in the NFL at 40, has not missed a game in his 14 seasons.

He has appeared in 224 consecutiv­e games since signing with the Dolphins as an undrafted rookie in 2005 — by far a team record and the longest active streak in the NFL.

He trails only Hall-ofFame quarterbac­k Dan Marino (242) on the Dolphins’ all-time list for games played.

Denney was a three-year starter at defensive end at Brigham Young (2002-04), but won the Dolphins’ job of long snapper over incumbent Ed Perry and has stuck through the regimes of coaches Nick Saban, Cam Cameron, Tony Sparano, Joe Philbin, Adam Gase — plus interim coaches Todd Bowles and Dan Campbell — and now Brian Flores.

Denney, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, had been scheduled to hit free agency next month.

His brother, Ryan Denney, was a defensive end for the Buffalo Bills (2002-09) and Houston Texans (2010).

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