There are a number of wide receivers on the Oregon Ducks roster who are looking to make a name for themselves and step into bigger roles on the offense this season. One of those players is redshirt freshman Jeremiah McClellan, who came to Eugene as a highly-rated 4-star recruit but was unable to crack the rotation in 2024.
This year around, though, there are high expectations for McLellan, a 6-foot, 195 player who was rated as the No. 65 player in the 2024 recruiting class, as he contends for a start spot on the roster. While his focus may be on the upcoming season, we had the chance to talk to McClellan for the first time on Friday, offering us an opportunity to revisit National Signing Day in 2023, when he dramatically flipped his commitment from the Ohio State Buckeyes to the Ducks.
Ultimately, why did he make the flip?
“It was basically just the connection that Coach Lanning and the staff have here,” McClellan said. “I really just didn’t feel like I had that connection at Ohio State. So the connection I have here, and the way Coach Lanning and Coach Terry, Coach Stein, and the guys that recruited me, it just felt like family here.”
One of the guys who played a big role in McClellan coming to Oregon was wide receivers coach Junior Adams. Since then, Adams has moved on to take a job with the Dallas Cowboys, but in his stead, new WR coach Ross Douglas has done a great job of fostering that relationship and helping to build McClellan up.
“I hadn’t really had any contact or anything like that with Coach Douglas, but getting to know him these last seven to eight months, I really love him as a coach,” McClellan said. “He’s a great coach.”
There will be no shortage of competition for McClellan to carve out a portion of the target share this year, with guys like Dakorien Moore, Kyler Kasper, Justius Lowe, Malik…
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