Meet The 2026 UCF Knights: Countdown To Kickoff - No. 86 Chase Hinshaw

With 86 days to go until the 2026 UCF football season kicks off, learn more about the player wearing the Knights' No. 86 jersey: wide receiver Chase Hinshaw.

Oct 18, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; Central Florida Knights head coach Scott Frost prior to a game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Acrisure Bounce House. Mandatory Credit: Russell Lansford-Imagn Images | Russell Lansford-Imagn Images

Welcome to UCF Knights on SI's countdown to kickoff!

In this series, we are going to introduce you to every single player on the 2026 UCF football roster so that you can know what to expect from them or even pinpoint the ones you want to follow throughout the coming season. We are going to go through the Knights' roster in reverse jersey-number order, with the day each player's entry is published corresponding to the number of days remaining until UCF's season-opener on Sep. 3 at 7 p.m. against Bethune-Cookman.

So, with 86 days to go, let's meet UCF wide receiver Chase Hinshaw:

1. Who is Chase Hinshaw?
2. What did he do last season?
3. What role is he going to have in 2026?

1. Who is Chase Hinshaw?

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Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Redshirt Freshman

Height/Weight: 6-foot-2 / 175 pounds

Hometown: Lake Mary, Florida

High School: Lake Mary High School

The last name Hinshaw is a familiar one to longtime UCF fans. Back in the early 90s, Darin Hinshaw set a new program record with 9,000 career passing yards, a mark that Daunte Culpepper ended up surpassing just a few years later. He went on to become a coach and had multiple stints at UCF, including as its offensive coordinator from 2023 to 2024.

Later in the decade, Darin's younger brother, Tyson, joined the program as a wide receiver from 1998 to 2000, finishing his career with over 1,000 yards receiving and 13 touchdowns in 2000. Both of his sons, Chase and Carson, ended up following in his footsteps.

As for Chase himself, he made one of the highlight plays of the team's final spring practice session with a diving grab in the end zone.

2. What did he do last season?

Hinshaw redshirted his true freshman season in 2025, though he did see the field in one game against North Carolina A&T. Other than that, he mainly worked with the scout team.

Wide Receivers coach Sean Beckton said he could put both Chase and his brother, Carson, on the field today and they would know exactly what to do.

However, given the presence of experienced receivers like Josh Derry, Waden Charles, Duane Thomas Jr. and Jonathan Bibbs, it is not looking likely that Hinshaw is going to get many opportunities in 2026, barring the injury bug striking players above him on the depth chart.

Catch up on the rest of the list below:

No. 16 Dante Carr and TJ Branch	No. 17 Jailen Duffie	No. 18 Caleb Flagg and Caden Piening	No. 19 Rashad Henry	No. 20 Lewis Carter and Kaj Baker
No. 21 Ty Bartrum	No. 22 Amarion Queen	No. 23 Jordan Nunuha and Jayden Burnett	No. 24 Tackett Curtis and Arthur Lewis IV	No. 25 Rukeem Stroud
No. 26 Duke Watson and Elijah Keys	No. 27 Nicholas Antoine	No. 28 Matt Irwin	No. 29 Tyce Porcher	No. 30 Otis Hardy
No. 31 Noah McGough	No. 32 Matthew Occhipinti	No. 33 Phil Picciotti	No. 34 Jahleel Culbreath	No. 35 Agyeman Addae
No. 36 Dylan Bennett	No. 37 Rocklyn Kelley	No. 38 Jayden Jennings	No. 39 Andrea Parisi	No. 41 Bruno Dall
No. 42 Artavius Jones and Chance Nixon	No. 43 Cole Kozlowski	No. 44 Kyle Hicks	No. 45 Quentin Hatch	No. 47 Arthur Kingdom and Sam Powell
No. 49 Atticus Bertrams and Donnell Johnson III	No. 53 LaParka Langston	No. 54 Cooper Terpstra and Trenton Turner	No. 55 Jacob Maiava and Noah Mercer	No. 56 Patrick Ryan
No. 57 Camp Lott	No. 58 Connor Meadows	No. 61 Owen Spell	No. 66 Brady Wayburn	No. 67 Noah Senka
No. 68 Ethan Higgins	No. 70 RaiShaun McHaney	No. 71 Amahn Williams	No. 72 Dominick Campbell	No. 73 Henry Tabansi
No. 74 Matthew Prigmore	No. 75 Tyler Gibson	No. 76 Justin Royes	No. 77 Kasiyah Charlton	No. 78 Preston Cushman
No. 79 Daniel Marcellinus	No. 80 Elijah Hardy	No. 81 Zack Palmer	No. 82 Jordyn Bridgewater	No. 83 Dylan Burk
No. 84 Thomas Wadsworth	No. 85 Carson Hinshaw	No. 86 Chase Hinshaw	No. 87 Brooks Hall	No. 88 Grayson Brousseau
No. 90 Mujahid Jefferson	No. 91 Donteye Drew	No. 92 Jeffson Lafontant	No. 93 Brad Gurley	No. 94 L A Jesse Harrold
No. 95 RJ Jackson Jr.	No. 96 Anthony Coaxum	No. 97 Josh Schell and Mason Denaberg	No. 98 Alhassan Iddrissu	No. 99 Thomas Collins

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