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2008 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in eight games with starts coming vs. Florida State and NC State ... Had 11 receptions for 140 yards ... Caught a career-high three receptions three times - first against Charleston Southern, at Florida and against Florida State ... Had a career-best 44 receiving yards against Florida State ... Caught touchdown passes against Georgia Tech and Charleston Southern ... Had a career-long 41-yard reception against California in the Emerald Bowl.
2007 (FRESHMAN): Played in seven games and made two starts ... Caught six passes for 63 yards, including his first collegiate touchdown .... Played as a reserve wide receiver in his first collegiate game against Marshall, catching one pass for 10 yards ... Played as a reserve wide receiver, catching one pass for seven yards at Oklahoma ... Made his first collegiate start at wide receiver against FIU ... At Virginia Tech, had the best game of his freshman season, with two catches for 25 yards, including a one-yard TD reception from Kyle Wright for the first score of his career ... Started at Boston College and caught one pass for 13 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL: Selected the Class 6A-4A Broward County Male Athlete of the Year by the Miami Herald ... All-Broward County selection ... Helped his school to three straight Class 5A title games (scored on an 85-yard TD reception in 2006) ... Averaged more than 20 yards per catch his junior and senior seasons ... As a senior in 2006, caught 39 passes for 803 yards and 14 touchdowns ... As a junior, had 28 receptions for 606 yards, with 14 touchdowns ... Multi-sport star also played basketball and ran track ... Rated the No. 43 wide receiver nationally and the No. 20 player on the Florida Hot 100 by Rivals.com ... Ranked the No. 28 wide receiver by Scout.com ... Rated the No. 27 player in Florida and the No. 26 wide receiver in the nation by SuperPrep ... Ranked the No. 33 player in the state by the St. Petersburg Times and the No. 73 player by the Orlando Sentinel ... Member of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100 ... Coached by George Smith (his position coach was former NFL star Cris Carter).
LEONARD HANKERSON'S CAREER STATISTICS
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| Year | GP/GS | Att. | Yards | Avg. | TD | LG | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | LG |
| 2007 | 7/2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 1 | 24 |
| 2008 | 8/2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 140 | 12.7 | 2 | 41 |
| Totals | 15/4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 203 | 11.6 | 3 | 41 |
LEONARD HANKERSON'S CAREER HIGHS
Receptions: 3, three times (vs. Charleston Southern, vs. Florida, vs. FSU 2008)
Receiving Yards: 44 (vs. Florida State 2008)
Receiving Touchdowns: 1, three times (vs. CSU, Ga. Tech 2008; at Va. Tech 2007)
Long Reception: 41 (vs. California 2008)
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