Football | 9/7/2015 2:15:00 PM

New York, N.Y.----Wingate University All-American football alum Kenwin Cummings was mentioned in the first paragraph of Steve Rushin's Sports Illustrated column "Love Handles" in the magazine's NFL Preview issue (Sept. 7). A former defensive end for the Jets and Cowboys, Cummings is mentioned alongside retired Panthers running back Nick Goings.
 
Goings retired in 2008, while Cummings joined the league in 2009 (when the Jets signed him to the active roster), prompting Rushin to write: "America just missed the collision of Cummings and Goings, because Goings was going as Cummings was coming." Cummings saw action in the 2009 NFL play-offs for the Jets, before spending the 2010 season with the Dallas Cowboys.
 
A graduate of Purnell Swett High School, Cummings was named to the Don Hansen's Football Gazette NCAA Division II All-America second team in 2007. A two-time Hansen's All-America pick, Cummings was named to Don Hansen's Football Gazette NCAA Division II All-America first team in 2005. Cummings was a Don Hansen's Football Gazette second team All-Southeast Region choice in 2007 after earning first team honors in 2005 and 2006. The South Atlantic Conference football coaches voted Cummings a first team All-SAC performer three seasons in a row.
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
 
Wingate University, consistently ranked as a top 10 "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 3,000 students on three campuses in Wingate, Charlotte and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 35 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, master's degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport management and doctorates in pharmacy, physical therapy and education.
 
With a 15 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. To view current news, video and story ideas, visit www.youtube.com/wingateuniversity. 
 
In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past nine years. For more information, go to www.wingate.edu.
 
Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing colleges in the 2000's with 77 selections. Among North Carolina's colleges and universities, Wingate's 77 Academic All-America® honorees are number one during this millennium. Wingate's 86 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information on WU athletics, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.
 
(Thank you to Wingate University Office of Marketing and Communications Managing Editor Chuck Gordon for his assistance with this article.)