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American football player (born 1997) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tyree Kinnel (born January 31, 1997) is a former American football safety. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines.
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Position: | Safety |
Personal information | |
Born: | Huber Heights, Ohio, U.S. | January 31, 1997
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio) |
College: | Michigan |
Undrafted: | 2019 |
Career history | |
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Kinnel grew up in Huber Heights, Ohio and was an NFL fan, attending several Cincinnati Bengals games though he did not support a particular team. He had a brief youth wrestling career when he was younger. He attended Wayne High School. In football, Kinnel was regarded as a four-star prospect, ranked the No. 10 safety in his class and No. 1 safety in Ohio, according to Scout.com.[1] He did not receive a scholarship offer from Ohio State, but instead committed to Michigan.[2]
Kinnel played four seasons at the University of Michigan. He became a starter as a junior in 2017 and had 70 tackles, two interceptions, seven pass breakups, and a sack.[3] He returned an interception for a 14-yard touchdown in 2017.[4] Kinnel was named Michigan’s most improved defensive player.[2] As a senior in 2018, he started 13 games and compiled 74 tackles with three for loss and two pass breakups. Kinnel was named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten as a junior and senior.[1] During his career, Kinnel posted 154 tackles, nine tackles for loss, a sack, two interceptions and seven pass breakups.[5]
After going undrafted in the 2019 NFL draft, Kinnel signed with the Cincinnati Bengals.[6] He played in four preseason games, recording four tackles and two pass deflections.[7] He was waived on August 31 as part of the final roster cuts.[8] Kinnel later said that he wished he had signed with a different team.[9]
Kinnel was selected in the eighth round of the 2020 XFL Draft by the DC Defenders.[10] In five games with the Defenders, Kinnel had 17 tackles. He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[11] On March 30, 2020, Kinnel signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[4] He was waived on August 2, 2020.[12]
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