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| Position | Safety | ||||||||
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| Born | (1959-11-24)November 24, 1959 (age 66) 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, U.S.) | ||||||||
| College | Clemson | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1983: 1st round, 10th overall pick | ||||||||
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Alfred Terance Kinard (born November 24, 1959) is an American former professionalfootball player who was asafety for eight seasons in theNational Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. He playedcollege football for 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 Giants andHouston Oilers. He won aSuper Bowl with the Giants during the 1986 season.
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 School inSumter, South Carolina, graduating with the class of 1978.
Kinard attended Clemson University, where he played for theClemson 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 theCBS National Defensive Player of the Year in 1982 and selected to theUSA Today All-College Football Team in the 1980s. Kinard is the all-time Clemson leader ininterceptions with seventeen andtackles by adefensive back with 294.
His college career did not start smoothly. He suffered aseparated shoulder in his first game and was out the rest of the season.[2] He later said that having toredshirt turned 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 Fame in 2001.
The New York Giants selected Kinard in the first round (tenth pick overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft, and he played for the Giants from1983 to1989. 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.
Kinard married his wife Cassandra on June 21, 2003. Their son Jaden was born in 2004. Well after post retirement from the NFL, he now teaches physical education at an elementary school in his hometown of Sumter South Carolina.