Cortez Hankton (born January 20, 1981) is a former American football wide receiver who is currently the wide receivers coach at

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. He was originally signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played

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. He attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans. He lettered in football and track & field. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. In 2010, Hankton was nominated for Offensive Player of the Year in the United Football League while playing with the Florida Tuskers.

College career

He is Texas Southern University's record holder for career receiving yards (3,400 yds) and season receiving yards (1,270 yds). He also holds the records for most consecutive games with a receiving touchdown (10 games) and the longest play from scrimmage (99 yd receiving TD) against Texas State University. He finished his college career with 175 receptions and 30 touchdowns.

Professional career

After graduating of Texas Southern in 2002, Hankton was signed as an undrafted free agent in

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, by the Jacksonville Jaguars. He proceeded to play in all 16 games as a rookie. He would end up spending four year in Jacksonville. Hankton signed with the Minnesota Vikings in

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and spent all of

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on injured reserve with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After his NFL career, he signed with the

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of the United Football League. The following season he played for the Florida Tuskers under head coach Jay Gruden, and was nominated for the league's Offensive Player of the Year. The Tuskers then moved to Virginia and became the Destroyers for the 2011 season.

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1981 births Living people St. Augustine High School (New Orleans) alumni Sportspeople from New Orleans Players of American football from New Orleans American football wide receivers Texas Southern Tigers football players Jacksonville Jaguars players Minnesota Vikings players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players New York Sentinels players Florida Tuskers players Dartmouth Big Green football coaches Georgia Bulldogs football coaches {{widereceiver-1980s-stub