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Darnell Dinkins

Dinkins, Darnell Joseph (D.J.)
Height: 6-3 Weight: 248
Born: January 20, 1977 Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Schenley (PIttsburgh, PA)

Year	College	Status
1996	Pittsburgh	Lettered
1997	Pittsburgh	Lettered
1998	Pittsburgh	Lettered
1999	Pittsburgh	Lettered

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2002 Rhein Fire (NFLE)2002 RHE NFLE	1	QB	10	0
2002 New York Giants (NFL)2002 NYG NFL	41	S	2	0
2003 New York Giants (NFL)2003 NYG NFL	89	TE	7	0
2004 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2004 BAL NFL	87	TE	10	4
2005 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2005 BAL NFL	87	TE	16	4
2006 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2006 CLE NFL	87	TE	14	2
2007 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2007 CLE NFL	87	TE	15	0
2008 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2008 CLE NFL	87	TE	14	2
2009 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2009 NO NFL	80	TE	11	3
8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL			89	15

Transaction	Date	Team
Allocated	2/12/2002	2002 Rhein Fire (NFLE)2002 RHE NFLE
Allocation Draft	2/11/2002	2002 Rhein Fire (NFLE)2002 RHE NFLE
Signed	2/5/2002	2002 New York Giants (NFL)2002 NYG NFL
Injured Reserve	11/1/2002	2002 New York Giants (NFL)2002 NYG NFL
Released	9/1/2003	2003 New York Giants (NFL)2003 NYG NFL
Practice Squad	9/2/2003	2003 New York Giants (NFL)2003 NYG NFL
Signed	11/15/2003	2003 New York Giants (NFL)2003 NYG NFL
Exclusive Rights Free Agent	3/3/2004	2003 New York Giants (NFL)2003 NYG NFL
Signed	3/5/2004	2004 New York Giants (NFL)2004 NYG NFL
Released (Injured)	7/27/2004	2004 New York Giants (NFL)2004 NYG NFL
Practice Squad	10/2/2004	2004 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2004 BAL NFL
Signed	10/29/2004	2004 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2004 BAL NFL
Signed	3/16/2005	2005 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2005 BAL NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/11/2006	2005 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2005 BAL NFL
Signed	3/19/2006	2006 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2006 CLE NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	2/27/2009	2008 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2008 CLE NFL
Signed	3/23/2009	2009 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2009 NO NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/5/2010	2009 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2009 NO NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
2004 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2004 BAL NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
2006 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2006 CLE NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
2008 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2008 CLE NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
2009 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2009 NO NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	24

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
2003 New York Giants (NFL)2003 NYG NFL	5	2	40.0	16	8.0	10	0	1	0	0	15	0
2004 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2004 BAL NFL	15	9	60.0	94	10.4	18	1	5	0	0	42	0
2005 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2005 BAL NFL	13	6	46.2	55	9.2	15	0	4	0	0	29	0
2006 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2006 CLE NFL	3	2	66.7	14	7.0	11	1	2	0	0	3	0
2007 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2007 CLE NFL	1	1	100.0	8	8.0	8	0	0	0	0	3	0
2008 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2008 CLE NFL	11	5	45.5	41	8.2	22t	1	1	1	0	20	0
2009 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2009 NO NFL	7	5	71.4	22	4.4	8	1	2	0	0	21	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	55	30	54.5	250	8.3	22t	4	15	1	0	133	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
2004 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2004 BAL NFL	1	0	7	7.0	7	0	0	0	0
2005 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2005 BAL NFL	1	1	10	10.0	10	0	0	0	0
2006 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2006 CLE NFL	3	0	44	14.7	20	0	1	0	1
2007 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2007 CLE NFL	7	0	62	8.9	19	0	0	0	0
2008 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2008 CLE NFL	3	0	37	12.3	14	0	0	0	0
2009 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2009 NO NFL	1	0	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	16	1	161	10.1	20	0	1	0	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
2003 New York Giants (NFL)2003 NYG NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
2005 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2005 BAL NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2006 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2006 CLE NFL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	1	1	1	2	0	0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
2002 Rhein Fire (NFLE)2002 RHE NFLE	6	0	6	0			0	0	1
2002 New York Giants (NFL)2002 NYG NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003 New York Giants (NFL)2003 NYG NFL	6	0	6	0		0	0	0	0
2004 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2004 BAL NFL	3	0	3	0		0	0	0	0
2005 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2005 BAL NFL	10	0	10	0		0	0	0	0
2006 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2006 CLE NFL	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2007 CLE NFL	7	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
2008 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2008 CLE NFL	6	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	36	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
2002 New York Giants (NFL)2002 NYG NFL	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
2004 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2004 BAL NFL	2	0	2	25	3	0	1
2005 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2005 BAL NFL	7	0	7	77	32	0	2
2006 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2006 CLE NFL	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
2007 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2007 CLE NFL	3	0	3	35	14	0	0
2008 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2008 CLE NFL	4	0	4	30	29	0	3
2009 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2009 NO NFL	3	0	3	25	4	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	21	0	21	212	82	0	6

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