Harding University Athletics

 Career Highlights

• Career Games/Starts: 10/10 ... Bison debut: Southwest Baptist (8/30/07) ... First Career Start: at Southwest Baptist (8/30/07).
• Has 62 career tackles and 3.0 TFL.
• Redshirted in 2006.

• Binkley was the 2007 recipient of the J.D. Jones scholarship ... the scholarship is funded by the Jones family, including former Bison football players Rick, Randy, and David Jones, in honor of their father, J.D., and goes to a player who is a former walk-on.

2007

• Started all 10 games at linebacker ... ranked fifth on the team with 62 tackles ... led all GSC freshmen in tackles and ranked 25th in tackles/game.
• Had four or more tackles in every game, including a season-high 10 at Arkansas-Monticello (9/22).

Previous School

• Started three seasons as a middle linebacker and fullback for coach Glenn McCadams at David Lipscomb High School in Nashville, Tenn. … two-time all-state and two-time all-conference … earned All-Mid-State Defensive MVP and All-Mid-State Linebacker.

Personal

• Born: March 7, 1987 in Nashville, Tenn. … Major: Business Management … Parents: Mark and Jolene Binkley … has one brother and two sisters.

Career Highs

• Tackles - 10 at Arkansas-Monticello (9/22/07)
• TFL - 1.0 at Arkansas-Monticello (9/22/07)