Semi Professional Career
Dinkins played for the Pittsburgh Colts, a minor league football team in North American Football League in 2001. He attended a pro workout in the Minneapolis Metrodome on September 15, 2001. The workout led to a contract with an arena football team where he was drafted by the New York Giants and played for the Rhein Fire.
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