FIU Athletics

Named a 2005 All-Sun Belt Conference honorable mention performer
in a vote by head coaches and media members

2005 (Fifth-Year Senior): FIU’s all-time leader in pass receptions...ranked second on the team with 44 catches on the year and is the only player ever to have caught at least one pass in every FIU game ever played?44 straight...led all Golden Panther receivers with six TD catches this year...ranked fifth in the Sun Belt Conference with an average of 4.0 receptions per game and seventh with 50.2 receiving yards per game...also ranked tied for eighth in league scoring via TDs with 3.3 points per game...recorded seven catches in the upset victory over Louisiana-Monroe for 78 yards and one touchdown...had five catches in games against league foes Troy and Arkansas State and had four receptions and two touchdowns in the season finale against Middle Tennessee...the program's all-time career pass catcher--185 receptions for 2,745 yards...only FIU receiver with more than 2,000 career receiving yards...owns the FIU TD reception records for a freshman (7), sophomore (5), junior (4) and senior (6) as well as for a career (22)...ended his FIU career with five 100+ receiving yard games.

2004 (Redshirt Junior): Led the team with a then-school record 58 catches for 675 yards and four touchdowns...started and has had a catch in every one of the Golden Panthers 33 games played over the first three seasons...his 141 career catches for 2,193 yards both stand a school records...one of only two FIU players ever to have two TD receptions in a single game...tied the school mark with 10 catches in a game, accomplished twice against Louisiana-Lafayette (10/2) and versus nationally-ranked Georgia Southern (11/13)...recorded as many as eight receptions in three other games...made four catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns against Florida A&M (11/27), which included a 71-yard TD on a screen pass--the longest touchdown reception in the history of the program...had career-best 141 all-purpose yards against UL Lafayette...ran the ball four times on the season, picking up 30 yards, an average of 7.5 yards per carry...forced to make three tackles, two at New Mexico State (10/30) and the other against Georgia Southern.

2003 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in all 12 games and had a catch in each contest...ranked second on the squad with 41 receptions, good for 628 yards and five touchdowns...posted a two-touchdown night against Carson-Newman (9/27)...had two catches of over 50 yards with a season-best 55-yard reception coming against Jacksonville (10/30)...voted to the All-Independent second team...grabbed as many as six passes in a game twice, against I-A Louisiana-Lafayette (11/8) and at Gardner-Webb (11/15)...used five times rushing on the end-around play with a long run of 22 yards versus UL Lafayette...had another run of 20 yards against nationally-ranked Maine (9/13).

2002 (Redshirt Freshman): Top receiver with 42 catches, good for 890 yards and seven touchdowns...his 42 points scored ranked second-best on the team...first-team All-Independent selection...caught at least one pass in every game, including a then-school-record seven passes vs. Jacksonville (10/31)...grabbed six passes the following game against Albany (11/9)...recorded five games with at least 100 receiving yards and ranked among the nation’s top 50 all season long in total receiving yards and receiving yards per game (80.9)...that average ranked 33rd best in Division I-AA...averaged better than 20 yards per catch with five catches on the year for more than 50 yards each...The Sports Network ranked him as its No. 16 I-AA wideout.

2000-01 (University of Connecticut): Spent a year as a member of the University of Connecticut scout teams.

DeLand High School: Three-year letterwinner who was a two-time first-team all-area, all-conference and all-county performer for head coach Mike Harville...named to the first-team all-state squad as a junior and second-team honoree as a senior...winner of the Bulldogs’ Golden Helmet Award.

Personal: Born October 12, 1982...son of Cornell McKinney and Angela Franks...Sports Management major.