Thomas Kinney

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-8
Weight:
174
Hometown:
McHenry, Ill.
High School:
Johnsburg

2014 (Senior)
Served as the primary field goal kicker and kickoff man in all 12 games...Named MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week after hitting a 50-yard field goal into the wind in a win at No. 14 Eastern Illinois...One of three players in the MVFC who was perfect on extra points (41-for-41)...One of two players in school history with two 50+-yard field goals in his career...Connected on 10 of 19 field goal attempts...Was 41-for-41 on extra points...Averaged 62.8 yards on 65 kickoffs and had 30 touchbacks...SIU had a nine-yard advantage on opponents after kickoffs; SIU started on the 32-yard line on average while Kinney and the kickoff coverage team held opponents to an average starting point of the 23-yard line...Made two tackles...Preseason first-team All-MVFC and All-America.... Earned a spot on the MVFC Academic Honor Roll.

2013 (Redshirt Junior)
2013 Game-by-Game A
All-MVFC second team...Selected to MVFC All-Newcomer team...Starting place kicker in all 12 games...Ranked second in the conference in field goals made (18) and field goals attempted (24)...His 18 made field goals tied for the second-highest single-season total in school history...His 52-yard field goal against WIU tied for the second-longest in the FCS this season...His 94 points were second in the conference among kickers...Named MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week and CFPA National Performer of the Week for his performance against Western Illinois...CFPA Honorable Mention the following week for his performance against Missouri State...Named to the MVFC Academic Honor Roll.

2012 (Junior):Redshirted...Named to MVFC Academic Honor Roll

Prior to SIU
Kicked for two years at Winona State where he hit 19 of 30 field goal attempts...As a sophomore in 2011, converted 9-of-12 field goal attempts and was 7-for-9 on attempts of 30 yards or longer...Hit a career-long 45-yarder against Concordia-St. Paul, two yards shy of the school record.

High School
Four-time special teams player of the year...All-Conference, allarea as senior...Made IHSA playoff-record 52-yard FG

Personal
Thomas Kinney VI...Born on Nov. 16, 1991 in Flint, Mich....Son of Tracy and Tom Kinney...Has one brother, Lucas, and one sister, Holly...Growing up, lived in Michigan, Oklahoma, Maryland and Illinois...Majoring in exercise science.