Junior Hemingway
Hemingway with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2014
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 27, 1988 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Conway, South Carolina | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Conway (SC) | ||||||||
| College: | Michigan | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2012 / Round: 7 / Pick: 238 | ||||||||
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| Receiving yards: | 233 |
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| Receptions: | 25 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 2 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Kenneth Earl "Junior" Hemingway, Jr. (born December 27, 1988) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2012 NFL Draft. He completed his redshirt senior season in 2011 for the Michigan Wolverines football team. He led the 2011 team in receptions and receiving yards, and was tied for the lead in receiving touchdowns. Hemingway was the 2010 and 2011 Big Ten Conference leader in yards per reception, ranking third in all of Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a senior. He received 2011 All-Big Ten honorable mention and was the 2012 Sugar Bowl Most Outstanding Player.
After totaling 593 receiving yards in 2010, Hemingway surpassed this yardage total in his senior season, finishing with a career-best 699 yards. The improvement resulted in Hemingway's league-leading 2010 average of 18.5 yards per reception improving to 20.6 yards per reception in 2011, which was the third-best average per catch in the nation (up from 15th in 2010).
In high school, he was rated as the 4th, 26th and 38th best high school football wide receiver in the country by ESPN,Scout.com, and Rivals.com respectively. He was regarded as the 12th best player in the state of South Carolina by Rivals. ESPN rated him as the 19th best player in the national class of 2007, while Sports Illustrated regarded him as the 83rd best player in the class. Prior to his 2006 senior season, USA Today listed him as one of six players to watch in the state of South Carolina based on his 56 receptions for 846 yards and 10 touchdowns. He was the second highest rated recruit in Michigan's class of 2007 (behind Ryan Mallett) according to ESPN. He posted 12 receptions in the 2006 Class 4A Division 2 South Carolina High School League championship game against Greenwood High School. He participated in the North-South Game of the Carolinas.
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