Rocky Hinds
| Free agent | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
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| Date of birth: | February 13, 1986 |
| Place of birth: | Los Angeles, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Los Angeles (CA) St. Bernard |
| College: | UNLV |
| Undrafted: | 2009 |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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Rocky Lee Hinds (born February 13, 1986) is an indoor football Quarterback who is currently a free agent. Rocky was the starting quarterback for the UNLV Rebels after transferring from the University of Southern California.
Hinds was a highly recruited athlete who was a member of the 2004 graduating class of St. Bernard High School located in Los Angeles, California. He was considered in the Top Ten HS Quarterbacks in the nation. In his Senior season Rocky suffered a season-ending injury due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the right knee. Despite the injury he was still named a Super Prep All-American, PrepStar All-American, PrepStar Top 100 Dream Team, Tom Lemming Top 100, Super Prep All- Farwest, Prep All- West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100 and Orange County Register Fab 15.
According to Scout.com Hinds was ranked #18 for his position. As a junior (2002) he was named the All-del Rey League Offensive MVP due to his amazing performance that season by throwing 1,643 yards with a total of 15 TDs and 8 ints. Not only did he throw, he also ran 475 yards for 5 TDs. Besides football, Rocky also was a member of the track team. His best result was 10.47 in the 100 meters he also won the 2003 CIF Division IV 100, 22.0 in the 200, 23-0 in the long jump and 6-7 in the high jump. He was recruited by USC, Arizona State, California, Nebraska, and UCLA.
After a visit to the campus in Januaryof his freshman year in high school, Rocky received a football scholarship to the University of Southern California. In 2004, Hinds was redshirt as a freshman quarterback for Head Coach Pete Carroll. Hinds became dissatisfied at USC when he was listed and 3rd on the depth chart behind Matt Leinart and John David Booty, and with the additional pressure of incoming freshman Mark Sanchez. Hinds shopped around at other colleges looking to transfer to, most notably was Texas. After Hinds decided to transfer to UNLV, accusations arrived that UNLV was tampering with the transfer, but Hinds stated that, "There was no tampering."
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