Career Highs
Tackles: 12 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (11/9/2024)
Solo Tackles: 8 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (11/9/2024)
Tackles for Loss: 2 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (11/9/2024)
Sacks: 1, twice (last vs. Southern Connecticut State, 9/27/2025)
Forced Fumbles: 1 vs. Tusculum (11/16/2024)
QB Hurries: 2 at Wingate (10/26/2024)
Pass Breakups: 1, five times (last at Lenoir-Rhyne, 11/15/2025)
2025 (Junior)
Started all 11 contests ... Leading tackler with 71 stops including 32 solo, 2.5 for loss, two QB hurries and one sack ... Ranked 10th in the SAC with 59 tackles in league play ... Totaled seven tackles including a two-yard sack and a QB hurry in the non-conference rout of Southern Connecticut State (9/27) ... Logged a combined 14 tackles in the matchups with eventual NCAA postseason qualifiers Newberry (9/20) and Wingate (10/11) ... Posted a season-high nine tackles with seven solo stops and a hurry against Tusculum (10/25) ... Broke up a pass and collected eight tackles in the season finale against rival Lenoir-Rhyne (11/15)
2024 (Sophomore)
Played in 10 games for the Catawba Indians as a sophomore as a full-time starter ... Ranked third on the team with 62 tackles, including five that went for a loss, with half a sack, a forced fumble and three pass breakups ... Recorded six tackles with 0.5 a sack and a pass breakup in the overtime win over Anderson (10/6) ... Racked up seven tackles, including 1.5 for loss, in the Newberry contest (10/19) ... Recorded a season-high 12 tackles, including two for a loss, in the home loss to 21st-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne (11/9) ... Added another eight tackles with a forced fumble and a PBU in the 47-15 win over Tusculum in the season finale (11/16)
2023 (Freshman)
Appeared in six games for the Catawba Indians as a freshman ... Totaled 26 tackles -- four for a loss -- with a sack and a pass breakup before suffering a season-ending injury in October ... Recorded eight tackles in his collegiate debut at Elizabeth City State (9/2) before racking up nine tackles in the 55-15 Mayors' Cup win over Livingstone (9/9)
High School
Three-sport athlete participated in football, basketball, and track ... Received the honors of 2022-23 Dutch Fork HS Football Defensive Most Valuable Player, 2022 All-Region and All-Area Midlands Team, 2022 All-Lexington Chronicle Football Teams and Coaches/Players of the Year First Team Defense, and 2022 South Carolina Football Coaches Association All-State Honorable Mention ... His senior year he accumulated 149 solo tackles, 66 assisted tackles, 3 forced fumbles, and 13 tackles-for-loss ... 2020 SC 5A State Runner-Up, three-time SC 5A Lower State Champion (2019, 2020, 2021), and 2022 SC 5A Upper State Champion
Personal
Son of Napoleon and Stephanie Hinton ... Born in Lexington, S.C. ... Father played basketball at Charleston Southern ... Uncle, Heyward Hinton, played football for Presbyterian College
