Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amir Pinnix
I agree with most of Eagles247's recent AfDs, but have to dissent on this one.  Pinnix was the starting running back for a Power Five conferences|Power Five team and tallied 1,410 yards from scrimmage in 2006.  See https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/amir-pinnix-1.html here.  Running backs at this level of competition and accomplishment will almost always pass , and Pinnix is no exception.  Examples of significant coverage in multiple, reliable, and independent sources include the following:  '''(1)''' "https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/08/29/for-former-gopher-football-star-valuable-lessons-learned-in-minnesota/ For Former Gopher Football Star, Valuable Lessons Learned In Minnesota", CBS Minnesota, 8/29/15; '''(2)''' "https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41630764/star_tribune/ Pinnix shows he's ready to take over", ''Star Tribune'', 9/24/06; '''(3)''' "https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41630801/st_cloud_times/ Pinnix, Gophers Start With Big Plans", St. Cloud Times, 8/7/07; '''(4)''' "https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41674269/gophers_hope_pinnix_can_be_next/ Gophers hope Pinnix can be next big-time RB", Associated Press, 8/24/06; '''(5)''' "Pinnix's pain keeps him from gaining usual yards Injuries might keep him from surpassing 1,000 yards again this season, but teammates still respect his effort and attitude", Star Tribune, 10/26/07 (available via NewsLibrary.com); '''(6)''' "Pinnix leading from the sideline", St. Paul Pioneer Press, 10/24/07 (available via NewsLibrary.com); '''(7)''' "Amir Pinnix is not all ball", Knight Ridder, 8/31/07 (724-word profile available via NewsLibrary.com); '''(8)''' "U's Pinnix Has Plan for Life After Football", St. Paul Pioneer Press, 10/17/06 (1,025-word profile available via NewsLibrary.com); '''(9)''' "Patient Pinnix keeps the faith, gets his chance The Gophers junior running back seemed to be the heir apparent to Laurence Maroney and Gary Russell, but it was a slow process", Star Tribune, 9/30/06 (723 words, available via NewsLibrary.com); '''(10)''' "Made in Jersey Amir Pinnix", The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), 11/27/05 (available via NewsLibrary.com); '''(11)''' "Pinnix All Alone These Days: He's the Only Returnee in Gophers' Backfield", St. Paul Pioneer Press (available via NewsLibrary.com); '''(12)''' "A mere opportunity proves big for Pinnix", Minnesota Daily, 11/17/05 (via NewsLibrary.com); and '''(13)''' "Pinnix gives Gophers a first in the Big Ten", Star Tribune, 11/15/05.  He also published an autobiography available https://www.amazon.com/King-You-Amir-Pinnix/dp/1478735848 here
— User:Cbl62, 20:33, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)