Junior Hemingway Kenneth Earl " Junior " Hemingway , Jr . ( born December 27 , 1988 ) is an American football wide receiver who was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2012 NFL Draft . He has completed his redshirt senior season in 2011 for the Michigan Wolverines football team . He led the 2011 team in receptions and receiving yards , and was tied for the lead in receiving touchdown s . Hemingway was the 2010 and 2011 Big Ten Conference leader in yards per reception , ranking third in all of Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a senior . He received 2011 All - Big Ten honorable mention and was the 2012 Sugar Bowl Most Outstanding Player . After totaling 593 receiving yards in 2010 , Hemingway surpassed this yardage total in his senior season , finishing with a career - best 699 yards . The improvement resulted in Hemingway ' s league - leading 2010 average of 18 . 5 yards per reception improving to 20 . 6 yards per reception in 2011 , which was the third - best average per catch in the nation ( up from 15th in 2010 ) . High school . In high school , he was rated as the 4th , 26th and 38th best high school football wide receiver in the country by ESPN , Scout . com , and Rivals . com respectively . He was regarded as the 12th best player in the state of South Carolina by Rivals . ESPN rated him as the 19th best player in the national class of 2007 , while " Sports Illustrated " regarded him as the 83rd best player in the class . Prior to his 2006 senior season , " USA Today " listed him as one of six players to watch in the state of South Carolina based on his 56 receptions for 846 yards and 10 touchdown s . He was the second highest rated recruit in Michigan ' s class of 2007 ( behind Ryan Mallett ) according to ESPN . He posted 12 receptions in the 2006 Class 4A Division 2 South Carolina High School League championship game against Greenwood High School . He participated in the North - South Game of the Carolinas . College . As a true freshman on the 2007 Michigan team , he appeared in 10 games , making his first start September 22 against Penn State . His first receptions came during an October 6 game against Eastern Michigan when he recorded 3 catches for 33 yards . He also recorded a reception in the January 1 , 2008 Capital One Bowl against the Florida Gators . He was limited as a true sophomore by mononucleosis which caused him to miss the final eight games of the season for the 2008 team , but did make one start . He received a medical redshirt as a result of the illness . Hemingway posted his first 100 - yard reception game , first two - touchdown performance and a career - high five - reception effort in the September 5 season opener for the 2009 team against Western Michigan , during his third career start . He missed the following week ' s rivalry game against Notre Dame due to an ankle sprain . In November , he played through back problems . As a redshirt sophomore , he totaled 16 receptions and 268 total yards from scrimmage as a receiver . He also served as a punt returner making 10 returns for 86 yards . As a fourth - year junior for the 2010 Wolverines , he posted three 100 - yard games and another two - touchdown performance . He did this despite missing the first two games of the season due to a hamstring injury as well as the November 27 regular season finale against Ohio State due to an injury . On October 2 , his then career - high 129 - yard , three - reception effort included a 70 - yard touchdown on the second play of the second half which gave the team a 28 – 21 lead . It also included a 42 - yard reception with 21 seconds left to put the ball on the four - yard - line before the game winning score on the next play in the 42 – 35 contest against Indiana . Two weeks later , he broke his career highs for both yards and receptions in a nine - catch 134 - yard effort against Iowa . On November 6 , he recorded 104 yards and two touchdowns in a six - catch performance against Illinois . For the season he totaled 593 yards on 32 receptions . This ranked third on the team behind Roy Roundtree and Darryl Stonum . However , he led the Big Ten Conference in yards / reception with a 18 . 5 average . This ranked him 15th in the nation . When Brady Hoke replaced Rich Rodriguez as Michigan ' s head coach , " AnnArbor . com " predicted that Hemingway would be the biggest individual beneficiary on the team , as Hoke was expected to change the team ' s offensive schemes from the spread offense to a pro - style offense . He was also expected to help pick up the slack created by the full - season suspension of Stonum . As a fifth - year senior , he established a new career high on September 10 , 2011 , against Notre Dame in the rivalry game and during the first night game ever played at Michigan Stadium , when he recorded three receptions for 165 yards . Before the game , Desmond Howard , who had worn number 21 before Hemingway at Michigan , was honored for his enshrinement in the College Football Hall of Fame , and the jersey number was designated to be adorned with a " Desmond Howard : Michigan Legend " patch on the upper - right chest . On October 8 , against the Northwestern , Hemingway had 5 receptions for a total of 124 yards . Following the 2011 Big Ten Conference football season , he earned All - Big Ten Conference honorable mention recognition from the coaches . In the January 3 , 2012 Sugar Bowl , 23 – 20 overtime victory over Virginia Tech he recorded the teams only two touchdowns , earning 2012 Sugar Bowl Most Outstanding Player honors . He concluded the season with team highs of 34 receptions , 699 yards and four receiving touchdowns , giving him a conference leading 20 . 6 yards per reception . His receiving average ranked third in all of Division I FBS . Hemingway was invited to the January 21 , 2012 East – West Shrine Game , and he was an early invite to the February 22 — 28 , 2012 NFL Scouting Combine . In the September 3 , 2011 season opener against Western Michigan at Michigan Stadium , Hemingway recorded a 37 - yard reception . The game was ended by mutual agreement in the third quarter due to inclement weather . At first , the stats for the game were considered official by the Big Ten Conference and the University of Michigan , but the NCAA vacated the statistics for this game because three quarters were not completed . However , at the conclusion of the regular season , the NCAA reversed course and announced that the statistics from the game would be counted in the season totals . Pre - draft . Hemingway was one of 47 wide receivers that participated in the February 22 — February 28 , 2012 NFL Scouting Combine . He ranked first among the wide receivers ( 26 participated in this event ) and 3rd at the combine in the 3 cone drill with a time of 6 . 59 . He ranked first among the wide receivers ( 26 participated in this event ) and seventh overall in the 20 - yard shuttle with a time of 3 . 98 . He ranked second among wide receivers ( 13 participated in this event ) and seventh overall in the 60 - yard shuttle with a time of 11 . 16 . He ranked 3rd among the wide receivers in the bench press with 21 reps . He ranked 8th among the wide receivers in the standing long jump with a distance of . His time of 4 . 53 ranked 19th of the 40 wide receivers who participated in the 40 - yard dash . Professional career . He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL Draft with the 238th selection overall . He is one of three Michigan Wolverines and 41 Big Ten players drafted . On May 11 , 2012 , he signed a four - year contract . On August 31 , Hemingway was cut . He was initially signed to the practice squad but was released to make room for Rich Ranglin on September 3 before being resigned to replace Ranglin on September 8 . On December 29 ( the day before the last game of the 2012 NFL season ) , the Chiefs placed Terrance Copper on injured reserve and elevated Hemingway from injured reserve .