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Jersey Number 16
John Kinney
- Year:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 205
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
- High School:
- Hermitage
- Major:
- Sociology
2017 as a Freshman: Has yet to see action this season.
2016 as a Freshman: Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: VHSL 5A First Team All-State as a junior and senior… 5A South First Team All-Region as a junior and senior… Richmond Times-Dispatch First Team All-Metro as a junior and senior… First Team All-Conference 11 as a junior and senior… Named to the VHSCA All-Star Game West Team as a senior… Recorded 158 tackles as a senior and a school-record 162 stops as a junior… Ranks third all-time at HHS in career tackles… Helped Panthers advance to the 5A South Region title game as a junior and senior, falling to the eventual state champions in both seasons… Also advanced to the regional semifinals as a sophomore… Twice named to the All-Academic Team... Dual-sport athlete who was named MVP of Hermitage’s varsity basketball team his freshman year.
Personal: Full name is John Q Kinney… Son of Earl and Sonja Kinney…Had three siblings, Alease and twin brothers Caleb and Cameron… His father, Earl, played football at Harvard and mother, Sonja, ran track at Virginia… His grandfather, John W. Kinney, played football at Marshall… His uncle, Erron Kinney, played collegiately at Florida, where he won the 1996 national championship, and seven years in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans, where he scored 10 touchdowns in his career… Majoring in sociology.
2016 as a Freshman: Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: VHSL 5A First Team All-State as a junior and senior… 5A South First Team All-Region as a junior and senior… Richmond Times-Dispatch First Team All-Metro as a junior and senior… First Team All-Conference 11 as a junior and senior… Named to the VHSCA All-Star Game West Team as a senior… Recorded 158 tackles as a senior and a school-record 162 stops as a junior… Ranks third all-time at HHS in career tackles… Helped Panthers advance to the 5A South Region title game as a junior and senior, falling to the eventual state champions in both seasons… Also advanced to the regional semifinals as a sophomore… Twice named to the All-Academic Team... Dual-sport athlete who was named MVP of Hermitage’s varsity basketball team his freshman year.
Personal: Full name is John Q Kinney… Son of Earl and Sonja Kinney…Had three siblings, Alease and twin brothers Caleb and Cameron… His father, Earl, played football at Harvard and mother, Sonja, ran track at Virginia… His grandfather, John W. Kinney, played football at Marshall… His uncle, Erron Kinney, played collegiately at Florida, where he won the 1996 national championship, and seven years in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans, where he scored 10 touchdowns in his career… Majoring in sociology.
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