Kelton Tindal
#85Position: WR Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 195
Hometown: Sumter, S.C.
Previous School: Sumter HS
Eligibility: Sr. Major: Sports Management
2009: Preseason All-South Atlantic Conference First Team Wide Receiver… D2Football.com Second Team Preseason All-American... D2Football.com South Atlantic Conference Preseason Offensive Player of the Year... D2Football.com Preseason All-South Atlantic Conference... Postseason second team all-South Atlantic Conference... Played in Texas vs. the Nation All-Star Game... Caught 34 passes for 437 yards and four touchdowns... Also returned 17 kickoffs for 371 yards... Caught five passes for 88 yards and a 29-yard touchdown in season-opening upset over Valdosta State (8/29)... Had four receptions for 103 yards and a 56-yard touchdown in a downpour at Carson-Newman (9/26)... Made five catches for 55 yards and a 25-yard touchdown against Mars Hill (10/10)... Had two catches for 76 yards including a 76-yard touchdown reception against Tusculum (10/24)...
2008: DAKTRONICS All-Super Region Two Second Team… Football Gazette All-Super Region Two Third Team… Orangeburg Touchdown Club All-State… All-South Atlantic Conference First Team Wide Receiver… Played in all 10 games, earning the starting nod in nine as the team’s leading receiver and leading scorer… Had 39 receptions for 745 yards and six touchdowns… Fourth in the South Atlantic Conference in receiving yards per game and fifth in the league in receptions… Ranked 47th nationally in receiving yards per game… Four 100-yard receiving games… Five catches for 63 yards and a touchdown in the season opener against Valdosta State (8/30)… Four catches for 101 yards and a touchdown, as well as two carries for 10 yards and a score in the win over North Greenville (9/11)… Had eight catches for 56 yards against Midwestern State (9/20) and four catches for 34 yards in overtime win over Carson-Newman… Spectacular game on Homecoming night against Catawba (10/4) with two catches – both for touchdowns – and a season-high 143 yards… Tied school record for longest pass play as the receiving end of a 94-yard touchdown pass from Brandon Gantt… Three catches for 27 yards at Mars Hill (10/11) and two catches for 43 yards in win over Wingate (10/18)… Caught five passes for 117 yards and a touchdown in the loss at Tusculum (10/25)…. Caught three passes for 130 yards and a touchdown as well as three carries for 24 yards and a touchdown in the Bishops Trophy win over Lenoir-Rhyne (11/1)… Three catches for 31 yards against Brevard (11/8)… Total of 13 carries for 24 yards and two touchdowns… Five kickoff returns for 76 yards and on punt return for 14 yards… 48 points led the team in scoring… Led the team in all-purpose yardage with 859 yards for 85.9 yards per game… Also a special teams standout, blocking a kick for a safety against Valdosta State (8/30) and blocking a kick against Catawba (10/4)…
2007: Caught 18 passes for 284 yards and four touchdowns in sophomore season... Also rushed 12 times for 85 yards... Caught three passes for 51 yards and two touchdowns in Homecoming win over Mars Hill (10/13)... caught four passes for 94 yards and one touchdown in win over Tusculum (10/27)... Caught five passes for 67 yards and a touchdown in Bishops Trophy win at Lenoir-Rhyne (11/3)... Had one 24-yard punt return against West Georgia (9/22)... Two tackles on special teams, including a 19-yard tackle for loss against Chowan (9/1)... Blocked a punt in win over Bowie State (9/8)...
2006: Speedster established himself as an offensive threat as a true freshman... Played in all 13 games, earning the starting nod in seven contests...Scored one rushing touchdown on a 79-yard end-around against Elizabeth City State (9/23), his longest rush of the season... Caught 26 balls, including touchdowns against Brevard (9/16) and Elizabeth City State (9/23)... Season-long catch was 49 yards against Brevard... Also returned kickoffs as the season progressed, with a long of 32 yards against ECSU..
High School: Graduated from Sumter High in 2006...
Personal: Born October 27, 1987... son of Mary and Leroy Tindal.
RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G 2006................ 13 10 127 1 79 12.7 9.8 2007................ 11 12 85 0 31 7.1 7.7 2008................ 10 13 24 2 15 1.8 2.4 TOTAL............... 34 35 236 3 79 6.7 6.9 TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Total Avg/G 2006................ 13 127 0 127 9.8 2007................ 11 85 0 85 7.7 2008................ 10 24 0 24 2.4 TOTAL............... 34 236 0 236 6.9 RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2006................ 13 26 432 2 49 2.0 16.6 33.2 2007................ 11 18 284 4 46 1.6 15.8 25.8 2008................ 10 39 745 6 94 3.9 19.1 74.5 TOTAL............... 34 83 1461 12 94 2.4 17.6 43.0 TACKLES G UA A Total TFL-Yds PD FF FR Blkd 2006................ 13 1 0 1 1.0-18 0 0 0 2 2007................ 11 1 1 2 1.0-19 0 0 0 1 2008................ 10 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 2 TOTAL............... 34 2 1 3 2.0-37 0 0 0 5 PUNT RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2006................ 13 2 31 0 5 15.5 2.4 2007................ 11 1 24 0 0 24.0 2.2 2008................ 10 1 14 0 0 14.0 1.4 TOTAL............... 34 4 69 0 5 17.2 2.0 KICK RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2006................ 13 9 169 0 32 18.8 13.0 2007................ 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2008................ 10 5 76 0 27 15.2 7.6 TOTAL............... 34 14 245 0 32 17.5 7.2 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G 2006................ 13 127 432 31 169 0 759 58.4 2007................ 11 85 284 24 0 0 393 35.7 2008................ 10 24 745 14 76 0 859 85.9 TOTAL............... 34 236 1461 69 245 0 2011 59.1 SCORING G TD Rush Pass Retn PAT 2PAT FG Total Avg/G 2006................ 13 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 18 1.4 2007................ 11 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 24 2.2 2008................ 10 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 48 4.8 TOTAL............... 34 15 3 12 0 0 0 0 90 2.6
