Terry Kinard
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||
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| Born: | November 24, 1959 Bitburg,West Germany | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Sumter(Sumter, South Carolina) | ||||||
| College: | Clemson | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1983/ Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||
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Alfred Terance Kinard(born November 24, 1959) is an American former professionalfootballplayer who was asafetyfor eight seasons in theNational Football League(NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. He playedcollege footballfor theClemson Tigers,and was a two-time consensusAll-American.Kinard was selected in the first round of the1983 NFL draft,and played professionally for the NFL'sNew York GiantsandHouston Oilers.He won aSuper Bowlwith the Giants during the 1986 season.
Early life
[edit]Kinard was born inBitburg,West Germany.His father was stationed in the country, serving as a United States Air Force mechanic.[1]Kinard attendedSumter High SchoolinSumter, South Carolina,graduating with the class of 1978.
College career
[edit]Kinard attended Clemson University, where he played for theClemson Tigers footballteam from 1979 to 1982. Kinard was a two-time consensus first-team All-American for two years in a row. He was theCBSNational Defensive Player of the Year in 1982 and selected to theUSA TodayAll-College Football Team in the 1980s. Kinard is the all-time Clemson leader ininterceptionswith seventeen andtacklesby adefensive backwith 294.
His college career did not start smoothly. He suffered aseparated shoulderin his first game and was out the rest of the season.[2]He later said that having toredshirtturned out to be a good thing, as he was not physically ready to compete as a freshman.[3]
Kinard was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Famein 2001.
Professional career
[edit]The New York Giants selected Kinard in the first round (tenth pick overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft, and he played for the Giants from1983to1989.He played his eighth and final season for the Houston Oilers in1990.In his eight NFL seasons, Kinard played in 121 games, started 115 of them, made thirty-one interceptions and recovered seven fumbles.
Personal
[edit]Kinard married his wife Cassandra on June 21, 2003. Their son Jaden was born in 2004.
References
[edit]- ^Litzky, Frank (April 27, 1983)."Giants Get Kinard, Safety, as Top Pick".The New York Times.RetrievedAugust 14,2023.
- ^Terry Kinardat theCollege Football Hall of Fame
- ^"Terry Kinard - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE".Archived fromthe originalon July 8, 2011.RetrievedAugust 4,2007.