2005: Emerged as a starting wideout during the opening month of the season...played in all 11 games, starting eight...Pitt's second-leading receiver with 37 catches for 374 yards (10.1 avg.) and three TDs...had a season-high 81 receiving yards on eight catches with an 11-yard TD catch versus Syracuse...coaching staff Offensive Player of the Game for the Syracuse contest...had a season-high 10 catches for 78 yards and a three-yard TD at Rutgers...had a 12-yard TD catch at Louisville...made his first career start at Nebraska.

2004: Played in nine games to letter...had one catch - a three-yard TD reception at Notre Dame that tied the game at 7-7 in the opening quarter.

High School: Two-time All-New York Class B...three-time All-B North Division...two-time All-Western New York...All-Greater Rochester...three-year, two-way starter at Albion High...started at running back his senior season and receiver as a junior and sophomore...defensively was a three-year starter at cornerback...scored 33 touchdowns his senior season and 63 for his career...averaged 8.7 yards per rush as a senior, compiling 1,705 yards on 197 carries...had 17 receptions for 289 yards (17.0 avg.)...had eight interceptions and was named the 2003 recipient of the Ron Pitts Award, annually presented to the Buffalo area's top cornerback. Played under Coach Dick Diminuco...an accomplished all-around athlete who also earned All-Niagara-Orleans League in baseball and basketball...a 1,000-point scorer in basketball...in baseball was All-Western New York and a gold medalist at the Empire State Games...Scholar-Athlete honoree...member of SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving).

Personal: Derek Nelles Kinder, born 3/25/86, is the son of Roland and Waunetta Kinder...has one brother...economics major.