After graduating of Texas Southern in 2002, Hankton was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2003, by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

[1] Hankton played in four games for the New York Sentinels of the United Football League in 2009, catching 11 passes for 144 yards.

[2] The following season he played for the Florida Tuskers under head coach Jay Gruden, and was nominated for the league's Offensive Player of the Year.

He played in four games, all starts, for the Destroyers during the 2011 season, totaling 12 catches for 151 yards.

[3] Hankton was part of the Georgia staff when the Bulldogs won the National Championship that year over Alabama.