70  Skyler Hinton
	Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Columbia, Mo. High School: Rock Bridge Height / Weight: 6-4 / 308 Position: Offensive Guard

UW This Season: After redshirting his first season in the program, Skyler Hinton concluded 2011 spring drills No. 2 on the depth chart at left guard behind sophomore Tyler Strong.

2010: Redshirted.

High School: Hinton earned All-State, All-Area and All-District honors as an offensive lineman his senior season at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Mo. Hinton was named Second Team All-State Class 6, the largest classification in Missouri, by the Missouri High School Coaches' Association. He was a three-year letterwinner in football and a one-time letterman in basketball at Rock Bridge. Hinton was elected a team captain his senior season. Rock Bridge posted a 5-5 record and placed third in districts in 2009. Hinton was active in Big Brothers, Big Sisters in high school. He was a Senior Mentor Core Leader, and was involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He played for head football coach A.J. Ofodile.

Personal: One of three children of Elaine and Michael Hinton, his mother played both basketball and softball at the University of Nebraska-Omaha where she played on UNO's National Championship Softball Team in 1975, and was inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame in 1991. His father is a basketball official and baseball umpire. Hinton was also recruited by Northern Illinois, Syracuse and Vanderbilt. He is majoring in criminal justice.