When he was ten years old, Vinson competed in the Utah Junior Olympics, where his 40-yard dash time was 2/100ths behind the national best.
[1] He attended North Augusta High School, where he was an All-Area and All-Conference selection after recording ninety-nine tackles as a senior.
The following season, he won a full-time starting job and had a career-high fifty-three tackles, thirty-nine of them solo.
After one season with the Packers, he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for running back Ahman Green and a fifth-round draft pick.
[3] Vinson suffered a torn ACL during the preseason in a pickup basketball game and was forced to miss the season.