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2016 (Junior): Started in 10 games at safety for the Panthers…Missed final two games of the season due to injury…Recorded career-best 45 tackles (28 solo) in 2016…Also had one tackle for loss and five pass break ups…Registered four-or-more tackles in eight games, including a career-high eight versus UCF (9/24)…Totaled four tackles at WKU (11/5)…Notched five tackles (three solo) with a pass breakup versus Middle Tennessee (10/29)…Recorded four solo tackles versus Louisiana Tech (10/22)…Had five tackles (three solo), including one for loss and one pass break up at Charlotte (10/15)…Registered six total tackles (four solo) with one pass breakup at UTEP (10/8)…Notched five tackles versus Florida Atlantic (10/1)…Recorded a career-high eight tackles (four solo) versus UCF (9/24)…Opened the season with four tackles (three solo) and a pass breakup versus Indiana (9/1).

2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in 11 games for the Panthers, starting in one...Registered 36 total tackles (19 solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and one quarterback hurry...Notched three-or-more tackles seven times, including a career-high seven at LA Tech (9/26)...Had six tackles (four solo) versus WKU (11/21)...Recorded six tackles, including a half of a tackle for loss versus Charlotte (11/7)...Had four tackles versus Old Dominion (10/24)...Notched first-career sack to go along with three tackles versus UTEP (10/10)...Registered a career-best seven tackles (three solo) at LA Tech (9/26)...Notched a the-career-high three tackles vs. N.C. Central (9/19)...Made FIU debut at Indiana (9/12).

2014 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.

2013 (Freshman): Redshirted the 2013 season.

Belen Jesuit: 2012 Miami Herald Class 8A-6A All-Dade County Honorable Mention…2011 Miami Herald Class 8A-6A All-Dade County Second-Team…No. 23 on Miami Herald Recruiting Analyst Larry Blustein’s Top 25 seniors for Miami-Dade County…No. 60 on the Orlando Sentinel’s 2013 Florida Top 100…No. 8 on the Orlando Sentinel’s 2013 Miami/Dade Super60…played on the Miami-Dade team in the 18th annual TOC NIKE Florida All-Star Game…team advanced to the FHSAA Class 6A Regional Semifinals in 2011…rated three stars from Rivals and 247Sports…rated the No. 52 safety nationally from Rivals and No. 56 from 247Sports…committed on Aug. 5, 2012…played safety and corner as a junior...had 76 tackles and seven interceptions…high school teammate of former FIU players Ricky Fernandez and Sergio Sroka...coached by Richard Stuart...also ran track, competing in the 100-yard dash.

Personal: Parents - Edmond and Nichole Hines...born April 11, 1995...Majoring in recreation and sports management...began playing football at age six...played Pop Warner football for the Palmetto Raiders.

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Career Highs (at FIU)
Tackles: 8 vs. UCF (Sept. 24, 2016)
TFL: 1.0 , twice (last at Charlotte - Oct. 15, 2016)
Sacks: 1.0 vs. UTEP (Oct. 10, 2015)
Quarterback Hurries: 1 at Marshall (Nov. 14, 2015)
Pass Breakups: 1, five times (last vs. Middle Tennessee - Oct. 29, 2016)