Terry Kinard

No. 27, 43

Position:

Safety

Personal information

Date of birth:

November 24, 1959

Place of birth:

Bitburg, Germany

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

200 lb (91 kg)

Career information

College:

Clemson

NFL draft:

1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10

Career history

New York Giants (1983–1989)
Houston Oilers (1990)

Career highlights and awards

Consensus All-American 1981, 1982)
Super Bowl champion (XXI)
Pro Bowl (1988)

Career NFL statistics

Interceptions:	31
Sacks:	3.0
Fumble recoveries:	7

College Football Hall of Fame

Alfred Terance "Terry" Kinard (born November 24, 1959) is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college football at Clemson University, and was a two-time consensus All-American. Kinard was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the NFL's New York Giants and Houston Oilers.

Early years

Kinard was born in Bitburg, Germany. He attended Sumter High School in Sumter, South Carolina.

College career

He attended Clemson University, where he played for the Clemson Tigers football team from 1979 to 1982. Kinard was a two-time consensus first-team All-American for two years in a row. He was the CBS National Defensive Player of the Year in 1982 and selected to the USA Today All-College Football Team in the 1980s. Kinard is the all-time Clemson leader in interceptions with seventeen and tackles by a defensive back with 294.

His college career did not start smoothly. He suffered a separated shoulder in his first game and was out the rest of the season.^[1] He later said that having to redshirt turned out to be a good thing, as he was not physically ready to compete as a freshman.^[2]

Kinard was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

Professional career

The New York Giants selected Kinard in the first round (tenth pick overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft, and he played for the Giants from 1983 to 1989. He played his eighth and final season for the Houston Oilers in 1990. In his eight NFL seasons, Kinard played in 121 games, started 115 of them, made thirty-one interceptions and recovered seven fumbles.

Personal life

On January 14, 2014, Kinard was arrested in Myrtle Beach, SC, and charged with soliciting a prostitute.^[3]^[4]

References

External links

NFL.com player page

1981 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Jim McMahon RB Marcus Allen RB Herschel Walker WR Anthony Carter TE Tim Wrightman OT Terry Crouch OT Terry Tausch OT Ed Muransky G Kurt Becker G Sean Farrell G Roy Foster C Dave Rimington

Defense	DL Tim Krumrie DL Kenneth Sims DL Billy Ray Smith, Jr. DL Andre Tippett LB Bob Crable LB Jeff Davis LB Sal Sunseri DB Terry Kinard DB Fred Marion DB Mike Richardson DB Tommy Wilcox

Special teams	P Reggie Roby

1982 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB John Elway RB Eric Dickerson RB Mike Rozier RB Herschel Walker WR Anthony Carter TE Gordon Hudson OT Jim Covert OT Don Mosebar G Steve Korte G Bruce Matthews C Dave Rimington

Defense	DL George Achica DL Rick Bryan DL Wilber Marshall DL Vernon Maxwell DL Mike Pitts DL Gabriel Rivera DL Billy Ray Smith, Jr. LB Ricky Hunley LB Marcus Marek LB Darryl Talley DB Terry Hoage DB Terry Kinard DB Mike Richardson

Special teams	K Chuck Nelson P Jim Arnold

New York Giants first-round draft picks

A. Lewis E. Widseth G. Karamatic W. Nielsen G. Lansdell G. Franck M. Hapes S. Filipowicz B. Hillenbrand E. Barbour G. Connor V. Schwall T. Minisi P. Page T. Tidwell K. Rote J. Spavital F. Gifford B. Marlow J. Heap P. King L. Grosscup L. Cordileone J. Hillebrand J. Looney T. Frederickson F. Peay F. Dryer J. Files R. Thompson E. Small L. Jacobson J. Hicks T. Archer G. Jeter G. King P. Simms M. Haynes L. Taylor B. Woolfork T. Kinard C. Banks W. Roberts G. Adams E. Dorsey M. Ingram E. Moore B. Williams R. Hampton J. Bunch D. Brown T. Lewis T. Wheatley C. Jones I. Hilliard S. Williams L. Petitgout R. Dayne W. Allen J. Shockey W. Joseph P. Rivers M. Kiwanuka A. Ross K. Phillips H. Nicks J. Pierre-Paul P. Amukamara D. Wilson J. Pugh O. Beckham E. Flowers

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

1981 Clemson Tigers football team—consensus national champions

Dan Benish Jeff Bryant Jeff Davis Bubba Diggs Andy Headen Donald Igwebuike Homer Jordan Terry Kinard Kevin Mack Chuck McSwain Rod McSwain William Perry Perry Tuttle Head coach: Danny Ford Assistant coaches: Curley Hallman Tom Harper Chuck Reedy Nelson Stokley

1983 NFL draft first-round selections

John Elway Eric Dickerson Curt Warner Chris Hinton Billy Ray Smith Jimbo Covert Todd Blackledge Michael Haddix Bruce Matthews Terry Kinard Tim Lewis Tony Hunter James Jones Jim Kelly Tony Eason Mike Pitts Leonard Smith Willie Gault Joey Browner Gary Anderson Gabriel Rivera Gill Byrd Jim Jeffcoat Ken O'Brien Dave Rimington Don Mosebar Dan Marino Darrell Green

New York Giants Super Bowl XXI Champions

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, March 11, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.