# Cleveland Pinkney

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1977)}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Cleveland Pinkney
| image         =
| image_size    = 
| alt           = 
| caption       = 
| number        = 61, 62
| position      = [Defensive tackle](/source/Defensive_tackle)
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1977|9|14}}
| birth_place   = [Sumter, South Carolina](/source/Sumter%2C_South_Carolina), U.S.
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 1
| weight_lbs    = 300
| high_school   = [Sumter](/source/Sumter_High_School)
| college       = [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football)
| undraftedyear = 2001
| pastteams     =
* [Indianapolis Colts](/source/Indianapolis_Colts) (2001)
* [San Francisco 49ers](/source/San_Francisco_49ers) (2002)*
* [Berlin Thunder](/source/Berlin_Thunder) (2002)
* [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers) (2003)
* [Atlanta Falcons](/source/Atlanta_Falcons) (2004)
* [Carolina Panthers](/source/Carolina_Panthers) (2004–2005)
* [Berlin Thunder](/source/Berlin_Thunder) (2005)
* [Seattle Seahawks](/source/Seattle_Seahawks) (2005)*
* [Detroit Lions](/source/Detroit_Lions) (2006)
| pfr           = P/PinkCl20 
}}

'''Cleveland Pinkney III''' (born September 14, 1977) is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was a [defensive tackle](/source/defensive_tackle) in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL). He played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [South Carolina Gamecocks](/source/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football).

Pinkney attended and played football at Sumter High School. He graduated from the [University of South Carolina](/source/University_of_South_Carolina). He was signed as an [undrafted free agent](/source/undrafted_free_agent) by the [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers) and has also played for the [Carolina Panthers](/source/Carolina_Panthers) and [Detroit Lions](/source/Detroit_Lions).

== External links ==
*[http://www.buccaneers.com/team/playerdetail.aspx?player=Pinkney,Cleveland,61&bioyear=College Cleveland Pinkney at Buccaneers.com]
*[https://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/player?statsId=6670 Cleveland Pinkney at Fox Sports.com]
*[http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/235340/rss Cleveland Pinkney at CBS Sportsline]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031012121109/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/6670/ Cleveland Pinkney at SI.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinkney, Cleveland}}
Category:1977 births
Category:Living people
Category:Players of American football from Sumter, South Carolina
Category:American football defensive tackles
Category:Copiah–Lincoln Wolves football players
Category:South Carolina Gamecocks football players
Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
Category:Carolina Panthers players
Category:Detroit Lions players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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