:Derek Kinder

{{Short description|American football player (born 1986)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Derek Kinder

| image =

| caption =

| number = 83

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|25}}

| birth_place = Albion, New York, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 210

| high_school = Albion (NY)

| college = Pittsburgh

| draftyear = 2009

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 251

| pastteams = * Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|2009}})

| highlights = * First-team All-Big East (2006)

}}

Derek Kinder (born May 25, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver.

He attended Albion High School in Albion, New York, where he was a star athlete in football, baseball, and basketball. As a senior, he scored 33 touchdowns, rushed for 1,705 yards, and intercepted eight passes.{{cite news|title=Down-to-earth Kinder among nation's best receivers|work=ESPN.com|date=October 3, 2006|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=2611320}}

In December 2003, Kinder accepted a football scholarship from the University of Pittsburgh.{{cite news|title=Kinder pledges to Pitt|newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle|date=January 1, 2004|page=29|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=2611320|via=Newspapers.com}} As a junior in 2006, he tallied 57 receptions for 847 yards and six touchdowns and was selected as a first-team All-Big East player.{{cite web|title=Derek Kinder|publisher=Sports Reference.com|access-date=July 22, 2020|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/derek-kinder-1.html}} He was a finalist for the ESPY Award for the "best play" in sports in 2006 for a "devastating hit that leveled two Mountaineer players" on a 73-yard punt return.{{cite news|title=Pitt's Kinder is starstruck at ESPYs|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=July 14, 2007|pages=C1, C6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55847386/pitts-kinder-is-starstruck-at-espys/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Kinder missed the 2007 season due to a knee injury.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=2971018 |title=Kinder tears right ACL in practice, will miss season|work=ESPN.com}} He made a comeback in 2008 and caught 36 passes for 422 yards.

He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears.{{Cite web |title=2009 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2009/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} On August 31, 2009, he was released by the Bears.[https://www.espn.com/chicago/news/story?id=4437137 Bears add cornerback Hood]