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ASU: Competing at tight end with Frank Maddox and Lee Burghgraef...improved as a blocker and a pass receiver as the 2001 season progressed. 2001: Played in all 11 games, starting five of them...caught nine passes for 158 yards...caught a 23-yard touchdown pass versus Washington...made season-long 34-yard receptions two times, against San Jose State and Oregon State. 2000: Played in all 12 games behind All-American Todd Heap...started in four games in a two tight end set...made six receptions for 100 yards...his longest reception of the season was a 28-yard grab vs. Utah State...pulled in nine-yard reception vs. UCLA...had 26-yard grab vs. California...blocked a field goal vs. Washington and later blocked a point-after attempt in the second overtime of the USC game...turned in a 16-yard reception vs. Oregon and a 12-yarder vs. USC...finished the season off by pulling in a nine-yard pass in the Aloha Bowl. 1999: Appeared in eight games, totaling six tackles...tallied a career-high three tackles against New Mexico State...had a tackle for loss and picked off a pass on a zone blitz against USC, returning it 35 yards to the four yard-line in the fourth quarter. 1998: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 1998 graduate of Thornton High School ... lettered four years in football, four years in basketball and three years in track ... earned fifth-best ranking among tight-ends in the nation by SuperPrep Magazine ... was an All-American selection by the same publication ... was listed as the No. 2 tight end in the Big-12 region ... runs a 4.5 in the 40... caught 30 passes for 627 yards and eight touchdowns in 1997 ... also played defensive end and punted ... averaged 40 yards per punt and recorded 13 sacks.
PERSONAL: Expects to earn his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies in December of 2002... parents are Charles (carpenter) and Marsha (teacher) Pinkard ... born December 27, 1979, in Denver ... has two sisters, Kesha and Charonne ... full name is Michael Edward Pinkard.
CAREER HIGHS: Unassisted Tackles: 2, vs. New Mexico State (9/18/99). Assisted Tackles: 1, twice, last vs. New Mexico State (9/18/99). Total Tackles: 3, vs. New Mexico State (9/18/99). Tackles for Loss: 1, at USC (11/6/99). Receptions: 2, twice, last vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (10/6/01). Receiving Yards: 38, vs. San Jose State (9/29/01). TDs Receiving: 1, vs. Washington (10/27/01).
Pinkard's Career Statistics
Receiving
Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G
2000 12/4 6 100 16.7 0 28 8.3
2001 11/8 9 158 17.6 1 34 14.4
Career 31/12 15 258 17.2 1 34 8.3
Defense
Year G/GS UT/AT TT TFL/Yds Sacks/Yds PD FF FR Int
1999 8/0 4/2 6 1/2 0/0 2 0 0 1
Pinkard's Game-by-Game Statistics
2001 Receiving
Opp. Rec. Yds. TD Long
San Diego State 1 0 0 0
at Stanford 1 21 0 21
San Jose State 2 38 0 34
La-Lafayette 2 25 0 27
at USC 0 0 0 0
Oregon State 1 34 0 34
Washington 1 23 1 23
at Oregon 1 17 0 17
Washington State -DNP-
Arizona 0 0 0 0
at UCLA 0 0 0 0
2000 Receiving
Opp. Rec. Yds. TD Long
at San Diego State 0 0 0 0
Colorado State 0 0 0 0
Utah State 1 28 0 28
at UCLA 1 9 0 9
California 1 26 0 26
Washington 0 0 0 0
at Washington State 0 0 0 0
Oregon 1 16 0 16
USC 1 12 0 12
at Stanford 0 0 0 0
at Arizona 0 0 0 0
vs. Boston College 1 9 0 9
1999 Defense
Opp. AT UT TT TFL/Yds
Texas Tech 1 0 1 0
New Mexico St. 1 2 3 0
@California 0 0 0 0
UCLA -DNP-
@Notre Dame -DNP-
@Washington -DNP-
Washington St. 0 0 0 0
@Oregon 0 0 0 0
@USC 0 1 1 1/2
Stanford -DNP-
Arizona 0 0 0 0
Wake Forest 0 1 1 0
