Catawba College

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 on Oct. 6 ... Racked up seven tackles, including 1.5 for loss, in the Newberry contest on Oct. 19 ... Recorded a season-high 12 tackles, including two for a loss, in the home loss to 21st-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne on Nov. 9 ... Added another eight tackles with a forced fumble and a PBU in the 47-15 win over Tusculum in the season finale on Nov. 16

2023 (Freshman)
Appeared in six games for the Catawba Indians as a freshman ... Totaled 26 tackles -- four for a loss --, 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 on Sept. 2 before racking up nine tackles in the 55-15 Mayors' Cup win over Livingstone on Sept. 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 on Mar. 15 in Lexington, S.C. ... Father, Napoleon, played basketball at Charleston Southern and his uncle, Heyward Hinton, played football for Presbyterian College