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Vinson attended high school in Troy, Michigan.
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He became Michigan"s starting punter despite having been a walk-on who had never appeared as a starter in a football game at the high school level He played football in high school, but as a second-string punter. Vinson enrolled at the University of Michigan without an athletic scholarship and did not initially try out for the football team
Instead, he played intramural flag football as a freshman.
Having never punted in an actual football game, Vinson twice tried out unsuccessfully for a spot on the roster of the Michigan Wolverines football team He ultimately made the team as a walk-on in 1995.
After spending the 1995 and 1996 seasons on the bench, Vinson became the starting punter for the undefeated 1997 national championship team In his first game on September 13, 1997, Vinson punted five times for an average of 42.4 yards.
He was selected as a second-team All-Big Ten punter after the 1997 season.
He was Michigan"s starting punter again during the 1998 season. In two years as the Wolverines" punter, Vinson handled 113 punts, good for 4,376 yards and an average of 38.7 yards per punt.
