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		A standout quarterback and linebacker at Schenley High School in Pittsburgh, Dinkins was Named City League MVP by both the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and the Pittsburgh Courier and a member of the 1995 Big 33 Team. He was selected by the National Alliance of African American Athletes as a winner of the coveted Watkins Award; the number one African American Scholar Athlete iin the country.
		As a senior he rushed for 435 yards and three touchdowns on 26 carries and threw 113 passes for 1,256 yards and 10 touchdowns...On defense, he had 86 tackles, three knockdowns, four sacks and four fumble recoveries (one for a touchdown)...In 2004, Dinkins created his own foundation to host the annual Darnell Dinkins Maleness to Manhood football camp, with the goal of teaching inner-city Pittsburgh youth leadership, responsibility, integrity and teamwork, with the involvement of their parents...Dinkins also loves using his college degree in criminology to speak to local youth in desperate situations...
		n 2003, he spoke with children from MS 45 about gang prevention on behalf of NYPD Youth Services, visited youth incarcerated at Union County (N.J.) Juvenile Detention Center, and twice visited Giants Academy in Newark to praise the academic effort of the students...Served as a professor for both Football 101 and 201 programs, and attended the annual "Meet the Giants" Ronald McDonald House dinner...Dinkins led walkers on behalf of the Autism Directory Service in Poughkeepsie, NY...Married (Shayla Nicole)...They have two children, Kayla (1/31/00) and Khalil (5/29/02)...Born January 20, 1977.