Ha!💀No sir, it’s a reason they get paid the big bucks. https://t.co/fNa4MK54hi
— Kendall Hinton (@Kendall_Hinton2) March 20, 2023
A TikTok video suggesting that an average Joe could throw for more than 10 passing yards in an NFL game has gone viral. The video has reached other social media platforms like Twitter, with more than one million views.
Denver Broncos wide receiver Kendall Hinton stumbled across the video on Twitter earlier this week and had a perfect response: “Ha!💀No sir, it’s a reason they get paid the big bucks.”
Hinton (6-0, 195 pounds) split time between quarterback and wide receiver at Wake Forest before joining the Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He was a full-time WR by the time he landed in Denver, and he started his NFL career on the team’s practice squad.
During the 2020 season, after all of the Broncos’ quarterbacks were deemed ineligible for a Week 12 showdown with the New Orleans Saints due to COVID-19 protocols, Denver called Hinton up from the practice squad as an emergency QB.
Despite Hinton’s experience at QB in college, it did not go well. The WR completed 1-of-9 passes for 13 yards with two interceptions and no touchdown passes in a 31-3 loss.
But wait, you might say, that’s more than 10 passing yards!
The TikTok video stipulates that screen passes and shovel passes are not allowed. Hinton’s one completion for 13 yards came on a tight end screen:
Kendall Hinton's first career completion! #BroncosCountry pic.twitter.com/UJzxirKSJS
— Ryan Greene 📷 (@RyanGreeneDNVR) November 29, 2020
If Hinton, who threw for 1,504 yards and eight touchdowns in college, can’t throw for more than 10 yards beyond the line of scrimmage in the NFL, neither can the average Joe. Debate settled.
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