for the Ole Miss Rebels from 1935 to 1937 and served as co-captain of the 1937 Ole Miss squad. During his three years at Ole Miss, Kinard appeared in all 34 games and averaged 55 minutes per game. During one season, he played all 60 minutes in nine games. With Kinard playing tackle, the 1936 Ole Miss team compiled a 9–3 record and played in the school's first bowl game, a 20–19 loss to Catholic University in the 1936 Orange Bowl. During his junior and senior seasons, Ole Miss went 9–10–3, but Kinard nevertheless received recognition as follows: In 1936, Kinard was selected by the All-America Board and International News Service (INS) as a first-team tackle on the 1936 College Football All-America Team. He was the first player from Ole Miss (indeed, from any school in Mississippi) to receive first-team All-American honors. He was also selected by both the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) as a first-team player on the 1936 All-SEC football team. In 1937, Kinard was selected by the UP, INS, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Collyer's Eye, and The Sporting News as a first-team All-American. He was also again a consensus pick by the AP and UP for the All-SEC team. Kinard also played in the 1938 Chicago College All-Star Game, the first Ole Miss player to receive that honor. Kinard was an above-average student at Ole Miss, president of the sophomore class, and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa. He graduated from Ole Miss in 1938 with a bachelor of science degree in commerce. Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers Kinard was selected by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the third round (18th overall pick) of the 1938 NFL Draft. He made $1,974 as a rookie, a sum that Kinard recalled "was a lot of money back then." Even in 1938, Kinard was small for a lineman at 210 pounds, but he noted: "I had enough ability to offset my size. And my speed was a lot better than any of the linemen." He was a two-way player known for making "crushing blocks" on offense and as a "smothering, dominant tackler" who made "stops all over the field" on defense. Joe Stydahar, a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee who played against Kinard, recalled: "The Brooklyn team used to have plays designed just for the blocking of Kinard. They'd get Frank out there against a defender and he'd just mow