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Former NFL wide receiver Cortez Hankton is the Recivers Coach for LSU.

He previously served as Georgia's Pass Game Coordinator and Wide Receivers Coach in  2019 after serving the 2018 season as an assistant coach in charge of the receivers. He joined the Georgia coaching staff in February of 2018, after coaching wide receivers at Vanderbilt for three seasons.

 Prior to his tenure at Vanderbilt, Hankton coached receivers for three seasons at Dartmouth in the Ivy League (2012-14).  

A graduate of Texas Southern, Hankton was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent in April, 2003, by the Jacksonville Jaguars.  He proceeded to play in all 16 games as a rookie, catching 17 passes for 166 yards. In his four years with the Jaguars, he caught 34 passes for 310 yards and a pair of touchdowns, both of which came in his sophomore campaign in 2004. Hankton signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2007 and spent the entire 2008 season on injured reserve with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

After his NFL career, he signed with the New York Sentinels of the United Football League. The next year he played for the Florida Tuskers and head coach Jay Gruden, earning a nomination for the league's Offensive Player of the Year. The Tuskers then moved to Virginia as the Destroyers for the 2011 season, and Hankton was a part of head coach Marty Schottenheimer's squad that won the UFL championship.

Prior to joining the Dartmouth staff in 2012, Hankton spent three months working as a volunteer assistant with the University of Central Florida. 

Hankton received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Texas Southern in 2002, where he set school season and career records for receiving yards. A four-year starter and two-year captain, he was Texas Southern's team MVP and an All-Southwestern Athletic Conference recipient as a junior and senior.