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(May 2, 2007) [Julius McClellan - NCCU Bio]
NCCU'S McCLELLAN INKS NFL FREE AGENT DEAL WITH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE, NC -- North Carolina Central University wide receiver Julius
McClellan has signed a free agent contract with the Carolina Panthers
of the National Football League.
McClellan, a 6-4, 246-pound native of Lakeland,
Fla., amassed 41 receptions, 690 yards and 11 touchdowns during his two-year
career at NCCU (2005-06), finishing with 983 all-purpose yards (690 receiving,
37 rushing, 256 kickoff return). He will participate in the team's upcoming
mini-camp on Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6 at the team's practice
facility at Bank of America Stadium.
As a senior, McClellan earned All-CIAA (Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association) Second Team honors after catching
24 passes for 371 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing six times
for 37 yards, and returning five kickoffs for 111 yards. In his best outing
of the season, he recorded 175 all-purpose yards versus Lenoir-Rhyne (Sept.
9) with three catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns, and three kickoff
returns for 72 yards. As a team, the Eagles recorded the school’s first-ever
undefeated regular season, posted an overall record of 11-1, repeated as
CIAA Champions, earned the No. 1 ranking in the Southeast Region, finished
as the No. 4 ranked team in the NCAA Division II (AFCA), and captured the
school’s first-ever SBN Black College National Championship.
As a junior, McClellan caught 17 passes for 319 yards and six touchdowns
and returned six kickoffs for 145 yards (24.2 avg.). He was on the receiving
end of a 60-yard, fourth quarter, game-tying touchdown pass in the CIAA
Championship Game against Bowie State (Nov. 5). The team recorded the school’s
first-ever 10-win season (10-2), won the school’s first CIAA Championship
in 25 years, and advanced to the NCAA playoffs for the first time since
1988.
The Criminal Justice major also averaged 8.7
points and 4.1 rebounds per game as a forward/center for the 2005-06 NCCU
basketball team.
McClellan transferred to NCCU from Coahoma
Community College in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was ranked by Rivals.com
as the No. 5 junior college prospect in the country for 2005, after amassing
more than 2,300 yards and 30 touchdowns in two seasons (2003, 2004) with
the Tigers.
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