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Kenny Boynton
	Boynton with Yeşilgiresun in 2017
Hapoel Haifa
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
League	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Personal information
Born	May 12, 1991 (age 33); Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	American Heritage School; (Plantation, Florida)
College	Florida (2009–2013)
NBA draft	2013: undrafted
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013	Barak Netanya
2013–2014	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2014–2015	SOMB
2015–2016	Sinpaş Denizli
2016–2017	Nizhny Novgorod
2017–2018	Yeşilgiresun Belediye
2018	Hebei Xianglan
2018–2021	Shenzhen Leopards
2021–2023	Tianjin Pioneers
2023	BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
2023	Sichuan Blue Whales
2024–present	Hapoel Haifa
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-SEC (2012); 2× Second-team All-SEC (2011, 2013); SEC All-Rookie team (2010); First-team Parade All-American (2009); Fourth-team Parade All-American (2008); McDonald's All-American (2009);

Kenneth Franklin Boynton^[1] (born May 12, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the University of Florida.

High school

Boynton attended American Heritage School^[2] where he was a standout basketball player. In his senior season, Boynton averaged 33.0 points per game. He finished his high school career as the third-leading scorer in Florida high school basketball history. Kenny was also named to the 2009 McDonald's All-American Boys Game and the Parade All-America first team.

College career

In his first season at Florida, Boynton averaged 14 points per game and 2.7 assists per game.

In Boynton's sophomore season, he had a slight increase in scoring, averaging 14.2 points per game to go along with 2.6 assists per game.^[3] He was also named to the All-SEC Second Team.^[4] In the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Florida reached the Elite Eight, but then lost to the Butler Bulldogs after Boynton missed a three pointer with less than 20 seconds left in the game.^[5]

On December 19, 2011, Boynton was named SEC Player of the Week after registering 22 points, two assists, one rebound and a steal in a win over Texas A&M.^[6] In Boynton's junior season, Florida once again made the NCAA Tournament, but lost to the Louisville Cardinals in the Elite Eight.^[7] On April 5, 2012 Boynton announced that he would return for his senior season at Florida.^[8]

In Boynton's senior season, the Gators advanced to the Elite Eight for the third consecutive year where they were defeated by Michigan.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Boynton was signed to the Lakers summer league team on July 2, 2013 but did not make the team.

He ultimately signed with Barak Netanya of Israel's Ligat HaAl.^[9] He got released after playing only 5 games with Netanya. On November 27, 2013 Boynton signed a 1-month deal with Hapoel Gilboa Galil.^[10]

For the 2016–17 season, Boynton signed with Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League and Eurocup.^[11] He signed with the Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association on September 6, 2018.^[12]

On January 6, 2023, he signed with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the LNB Pro A.^[13]

On December 15, 2023, Boynton signed with Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).^[14]

On October 16, 2024, Boynton signed with Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.^[15]