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| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| US college | Vanderbilt University |
| NFL draft | 1999 / round: 2 / pick: 47 |
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Fred Vinson (born April 2, 1977 in North Augusta, South Carolina), is a former American football defensive back. He is the cousin of NFL safety Corey Chavous and is currently out of football professionally.
High school & college
When he was ten years old, Vinson competed in the Utah Junior Olympics, where his 40-yard-dash time was 2/100ths behind the national best.[1] He attended North Augusta High School where he was an All-Area and All-Conference selection after recording ninety-nine tackles as a senior. He would attend Vanderbilt University where he played every game as a freshman, starting one and garnering thirty tackles. The following season, he won a full-time starting job and had a career-high fifty-three tackles, thirty-nine of them solo. In 1997, his total increased to forty-eight tackles, with forty-four of them solo. He began his senior season as the starter for Vanderbilt, but was injured in an early contest, forcing him to miss the rest of the season.
Pro career
Despite the injury, Vinson was selected in the second round with the 47th overall selection in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. He played as a nickel back and had nineteen tackles and two interceptions. After one season with the Packers, he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for running back Ahman Green and a sixth-round draft pick.[2] Vinson suffered a torn ACL during the preseason in a pickup basketball game and was forced to miss the season. After another injury the following offseason, he was released.[3] He attempted a comeback with the Carolina Panthers, but did not a play a game.
He played in the Arena Football League with the Carolina Cobras. He had eighteen tackles, but did not play in the league again following the folding of the Cobras.