Junior Hemingway in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Michigan, 2007–⁠11

Junior Hemingway

Number
No. 21
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Conway, SC
Born
Dec 27, 1988, in Conway, South Carolina

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Junior Hemingway played receiver at Michigan (2007–⁠11). The Kansas City Chiefs took Hemingway in round 7, No. 238 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
662
Receiving yards, 2011 (Michigan, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 238
Round 7, 2012 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Iowa, 2010165receiving yards, career highvs. Notre Dame, 20112receiving touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Virginia Tech, 2011

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2007*Michigan4379.3023
2008*Michigan24120.5133
2009Michigan1626816.8266
2010Michigan3259318.5470
2011Michigan3366220.1477
Career871,60118.41177

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2009Michigan14860
2010Michigan1340
Career151200

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2007Michigan21WR
2008Michigan21WR
2009Michigan21WR
2010Michigan21WR
2011Michigan21WR6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Michigan 11 games, 33 catches, 662 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 10vs.Notre DameW 35–⁠3131651–
Sep 24vs.San Diego StateW 28–⁠7190–
Oct 1vs.MinnesotaW 58–⁠05560–
Oct 8atNorthwesternW 42–⁠2451240–
Oct 15atMichigan StateL 14–⁠283430–
Oct 29vs.PurdueW 36–⁠142160–
Nov 5atIowaL 16–⁠245640–
Nov 12atIllinoisW 31–⁠143430–
Nov 19vs.NebraskaW 45–⁠172340–
Nov 26vs.Ohio StateW 40–⁠342451–
Jan 3 ✦vs.Virginia TechW 23–⁠202632–

No box score in the source for Sep 3 vs. Western Michigan, so that game is not listed.

2010 Michigan 10 games, 32 catches, 593 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 18vs.MassachusettsW 42–⁠371360–
Sep 25vs.Bowling GreenW 65–⁠212250–
Oct 2atIndianaW 42–⁠3531291–
Oct 9vs.Michigan StateL 17–⁠342420–
Oct 16vs.IowaL 28–⁠3891341–
Oct 30atPenn StateL 31–⁠411210–
Nov 6vs.IllinoisW 67–⁠6561042–
Nov 13atPurdueW 27–⁠163500–
Nov 20vs.WisconsinL 28–⁠48130–
Jan 1 ✦vs.Mississippi StateL 14–⁠5244901
2009 Michigan 10 games, 16 catches, 268 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 5vs.Western MichiganW 31–⁠751032–
Sep 19vs.Eastern MichiganW 45–⁠17170–
Sep 26vs.IndianaW 36–⁠33110–
Oct 3atMichigan StateL 20–⁠263280–
Oct 10atIowaL 28–⁠301703
Oct 24vs.Penn StateL 10–⁠35–––1
Oct 31atIllinoisL 13–⁠3828703
Nov 7vs.PurdueL 36–⁠380504
Nov 14atWisconsinL 24–⁠4522501
Nov 21vs.Ohio StateL 10–⁠211502
2008 Michigan 1 game, 2 catches, 41 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Aug 30vs.UtahL 23–⁠252411–
2007 Michigan 4 games, 4 catches, 37 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 22vs.Penn StateW 14–⁠9––––
Oct 6vs.Eastern MichiganW 33–⁠223330–
Oct 27vs.MinnesotaW 34–⁠10––––
Jan 1 ✦vs.FloridaW 41–⁠35140–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 24–⁠17).

DrillCombine 2012
Height6′0⅞″
Weight225 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.53 s
10-yard split1.57 sW
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump10′4″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill6.59 s
20-yard shuttle3.98 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 23 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2013Kansas City Chiefs12131252
2014Kansas City Chiefs11121080
NFL career23252332

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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