Sergio Kindle

Infobox NCAA Athlete
name = Sergio Kindle

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caption = Kindle (left) signs autographs at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on January 4, 2006.
college = Texas
conference = Big 12
sport = Football
position = LB
jersey= 2
class = Junior
major =
career_start = 2006
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 239
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1987|9|20
birth_place = Los Angeles, CA
highschool = Woodrow Wilson High School,
Dallas, Texas
career_highlights = Y
awards = 2005 AFL Iron Man Award

Sergio Valent'e Kindle (born September 20, 1987) is an American football player. He is currently a junior at the University of Texas at Austin and plays strongside linebacker for the Texas Longhorns. Kindle was named the "PARADE" AFL Ironman as the best two-way player nationally, for playing linebacker and running back as a senior. Due to his size and athleticism, Kindle draws comparisons to Derrick Johnson.

Personal

Sergio Kindle was born in Los Angeles, California, but moved to Texas with his parents shortly after his birth.

High school career

Kindle was coached by Bobby Estes at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas. He excelled playing offense and defense at running back and linebacker, recording 411 tackles and 55 tackles for losses, while rushing for 5,632 yards and 86 touchdowns over his final three seasons. This performance earned him all-state honors on both offense and defense as the only Texas player in 2005. He was also named first-team All-American by "USA Today" as well as a "PARADE" All-America selection and "Parade" Player of the Year finalist. He was invited to play in the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Kindle also played basketball as Woodrow Wilson High's starting center. He also ran the 400m, 4x400-meter relay and competed in the long jump.

College career

2006 season

After missing the first two games of the 2006 Longhorn football season with an ankle injury, Kindle appeared in 11 games at strongside linebacker and on special teams for the Texas Longhorns. He registered 21 tackles, three tackles for losses and ranked third on the team in special teams tackles with eight.

2007 season

Over the summer prior to the 2007 Longhorn football season, Kindle and his teammate Henry Melton were arrested in separate incidents on charges of driving while intoxicated.cite news | url=http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/08/03/Sports/Law-Seeks.Out.Texas.Football.Again-2929321.shtml | title=Law seeks out Texas football, again | publisher=The Daily Texan | author=Jankowski, Philip | date=3 August 2007 | accessdate=2007-08-03] cite news | url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5024080.html | publisher=Houston Chronicle | title=UT tackle turns self in on aggravated robbery charge | author=Duarte, Joseph | date=3 August 2007 | accessdate=2007-08-03] [cite news | url=http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2007/08/03/jones_suspended_indefinitely.html | title=Jones suspended indefinitely | publisher=Austin American Statesman | author=Halliburton, Suzanne | date=3 August 2007 | accessdate=2007-08-03] Both players were suspended from the first three games of the season. They were also required to perform community service and missed the first two days of practice in order to visit with a woman whose son was crippled by a drunk driver.cite news | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2962285 | title=Melton, Kindle to miss first three games of season for DWI charges | publisher=Associated Press | date=5 August 2007 | accessdate=2007-08-06]

References

External links

* [http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=15&change_well_id=17&member_id=133 Profile at MackBrown-TexasFootball.com]