chattanooga MOCS

2008: Played in 11 games with three starts ... 14 catches for 105 yards ... bench press of 340 pounds was best among receivers.

2007: Receiver who played in all 11 games and started in nine ... Ranked third on the team in receptions and receiving yards with 13 catches for 136 yards ... Averaged 13.5 yards per catch, also third-best on the squad ... His 25-yard touchdown catch on the Mocs’ first play of overtime was the game-winner at Georgia Southern ... Caught three passes for 41 yards versus the Eagles ... Set season high with 43 yards on three catches, including a season-long 32-yarder, against The Citadel ... Produced a three-catch game for 39 yards against Wofford, one of which was for 28 yards ... Member of Fall SoCon All-Academic Team ... Made Athletics Director’s Honor Roll Fall semester.

COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE: Collected 25 receptions for 400 yards and two touchdowns in 2006 ... Second-Team All-South Division performer for the Wesson, Miss., school ... Voted team captain for the Wolfpack ... Played receiver, quarterback and kick returner ... Team went 9-3 overall and 1-1 in state playoffs ... Won Mississippi’s South Division ... Shut out Georgia Military College 21-0 in Sea Island Company’s Golden Isles Bowl Classic ... Wore jersey No. 11 ... Coached at Copiah-Lincoln by Billy Glenn Davis ... UTC’s first commitment of the recruiting period.

Graduated from Prentiss High School.

Thomas Earl Hinton ... Born Feb. 16, 1986 ... Son of Mildred Kumor ... Majoring in Exercise Science.