2017 Football Roster
Kendall Hinton
- Height:
- 6-null
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Durham, NC
- High School:
- Southern Durham
Final Bio PDF
2019 (Redshirt Senior)
Competed in his fifth season following a medical redshirt from 2016 ... Become the first Deacon in school history to score in five different years ... Third team All-ACC at wide receiver ... One of only four players in school history to have a 100-yard rushing and a 100-yard receiving game in a career ... Became just the sixth all-time Deacon with a score by rushing, passing and receiving in a career ... Started 11 games, missing two contests due to an injury ... On the field for 814 snaps ... Season-high 106 plays vs. Louisville (10/9) while logging 105 snaps vs. Utah State (8/30) and Syracuse (11/30) ... 73 receptions were the sixth-most in a season by a Deacon ... 1,001 receiving yards tied for fifth-most in a season ... Led the team in receptions and tied for the team lead in receiving yards ... Finished second in the ACC in receptions per game with 6.6 ... Was third in the ACC in receiving yards per game at 91.0 ... Seventh in the ACC in all-purpose yards at 113.0 per game ... His 13 receptions vs. Louisville tied for the ACC-high in 2019 ... 252 all-purpose yards vs. Duke (11/23) were the most by an ACC player in 2019 ... His 189 receiving yards vs. Duke (11/23) were the third-most by an ACC receiver in 2019 ... Led the ACC in receiving yards per game in ACC games with 105.4 ... Fourth in the ACC in all-purpose yards in ACC games with 126.2 YPG ... Finished 15th in the nation in receptions per game and 22nd in receiving yards per game ... Led the team with 12 punt returns and tied for the team lead with 91 PR yards ... Led the team with a 20.3 kickoff return average ... Had the team’s longest KOR of the season at 39 yards vs. Louisville ... Led the team with 19 plays of 20 or more yards ... NFLPA Bowl invitee ... Career-best 13 catches for 134 yards vs. Louisville ... Had six receptions for 67 yards at Boston College ... Had two receptions for 44 yards at Rice including a career-long 27-yard catch ... Caught the game-winning 2-yard touchdown pass vs. Utah State ... Career-high and team-high nine receptions vs. USU (66 yards) ... Became the first Wake Forest player with a touchdown in five different seasons ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the Utah State game ... Joined an elite group of Deacons with a career rushing TD, passing TD and receiving TD
2018 (Redshirt Junior)
Made the conversion from quarterback to wide receiver during the 2018 season ... Finished the year with six receptions for 61 yards ... Had three receptions for 23 yards vs. Notre Dame (9/22) and added three catches for 38 yards in the Birmingham Bowl victory over Memphis (12/22) ... Made his season-debut vs. Notre Dame after missing the first three games due to a suspension ... Rushed for a 23-yard TD on his first snap of the game as the Deacon QB ... Saw action at QB against Notre Dame, Rice and Clemson ... Rushed for 92 yards vs. Clemson (10/6) ... His 53-yard run vs. Clemson was the longest of the year at the time ... Participated in commencement exercises in May and will finish his degree in Health and Exercise Science in December.
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Completed 7-of-8 passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns in relief performance vs. Presbyterian (8/31) ... Recorded his best single game QB efficiency rating vs. the Blue Hose at 300.20 ... Made his only start of the season at Clemson (10/7) and led the team in rushing with 92 yards on a career-high 24 carries ... Completed 14-of-30 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns vs. the Tigers ... Completed 2-of-3 passes for 17 yards while rushing five times for 39 yards at Notre Dame (11/4) ... Saw one series of action vs. Duke (11/25) and rushed four times for 33 yards.
2016 (Sophomore)
Earned a redshirt season after suffering a knee injury in Week 3 vs. Delaware ... Was Wake Forest’s leading rusher in the season-opener against Tulane with 24 yards and a touchdown ... Took over QB duties midway through second quarter at Duke (9/10) ... Became the first Deacon QB to lead his team to victory in his hometown since Riley Skinner beat Georgia Tech in the 2006 ACC Championship game in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Completed 6-of-11 passes for 133 yards vs. Duke while adding 63 rushing yards on 11 carries ... Rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown on six carries in the first quarter of the Delaware game before coming out with a knee injury ... was not able to return to the line-up.
2015 (Freshman)
Started twice on the season vs. Indiana and Florida State ... Made college debut against Elon (9/3) and completed 9 of 13 passes for 65 yards while rushing twice for 12 yards ... Came on in relief for an injured John Wolford against Army (9/19) and rushed for touchdowns of 15 and 7 yards ... Led the Deacons to a 17-14 win and became the first Deacon QB to rush for 100 yards in a game since 2004 ... Had 17 carries for 101 yards ... Named ACC Rookie of the Week after his performance against the Black Knights ... Added two rushing touchdowns the following week vs. Indiana (9/26) to become the first Deacon since 1993 to post consecutive multi-rushing TD games ... Missed the final game of the season vs. Duke (11/28) after being diagnosed with mononucleosis ... Set school record for most passing yards in first career start when he threw for 245 yards vs. Indiana ... His seven rushing touchdowns on the yearwere the fourth-most in a season by a Wake Forest QB.
High School
Enrolled at Wake Forest in January, 2015 ... Team captain as a senior ... Rated as a three-star recruit by 247, ESPN, Rivals, and Scout ... Ranked as the No. 26 dual-threat quarterback in the country by Rivals ... Named 3-A Big Eight Conference Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... Named to the Raleigh News & Observer All-Metro team ... As a senior, led Southern Durham to a 13-1 record and the third round of the state playoffs ... Passed for 3,258 yards and 30 touchdowns while rushing for 835 yards as a senior ... Led Southern Durham to the 2013 3A state championship as a junior ... Earned all-conference honors in basketball as a junior ... Coached by Darius Robinson as a senior and Adrian Jones as a junior.
Personal
Son of Kevin and Denene Hinton ... Born February 19, 1997.
