Charles McClelland Season 2019

2022: Appeared in 13 games and started the final 12… Led the Bearcats in rushing and all-purpose yards… Tallied 849 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 146 attempts…Added 14 receptions for 116 yards… Rushed for more than 100 yards three different times… Proved to be an explosive game-breaker who tallied six runs of 30+ and two or 60+…Best game was a Team 179-yard, two-touchdown performance against USF where his 35-yard score with 9:24 left proved to be the game winner…Also sealed the game with a 4^th-and-1 nine-yard rush against the Bulls…Rushed for 44 yards on five totes at Arkansas…Rushed for 66 yards with one touchdown on 12 carries against Kennesaw State…Totaled 101 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries inside Paycor Stadium against Miami (Ohio)…Finished with 87 yards on 13 carries at Tulsa…Gave UC a 17-0 lead vs SMU after a season-long 76-yard rushing touchdown…Tallied 129 yards on 16 carries versus the Mustangs…Had 60 yards on 11 carries versus Navy…Scored a 35-yard touchdown against Tulane and finished with 57 yards on eight carries against the Green Wave…Finished his career with 1,639 yards and 12 touchdowns on 268 carries over 42 games…His career 6.1 yards per carry average is the third-highest in UC history.

2021: Ranked fourth on the Bearcats with 190 rushing yards on 37 carries (5.1 ypc)...Started at USF and rushed for 34 yards on six totes and recorded two receptions for 16 yards...Opened the season with 36 rushing yards versus Miami (Ohio)...Had a season-high 39 rushing yards, including a 28-yard score, versus Temple..Finished with 35 rushing yards on six rushes against SMU...Gunner on special teams, who had three tackles...Forced a fumble and recovered in kickoff coverage at USF...Has five career touchdowns and 790 rushing yards.

2020: Played in the first four games of the season before suffering a season-ending knee injury...Totaled 115 yards rushing, one reception for five yards and two tackles...Best performance was in the season opener where he rushed five times for 47 yards, including a season-best 22 yarder against Austin Peay.

2019: Suffered an injury in preseason training camp and missed the entire season...Redshirted.

2018: Enrolled at UC in January 2018...Played in 13 games as a true freshman and was fourth on the team in rushing…Rushed 63 times for 495 yards and four TDs…Explosive player whose 7.7 yards per rush average was tops for a UC player with 20 or more carries…Averaged 37.3 yards per game…Also featured in the pass game, hauling in nine balls for 108 yards and a TD…Made his UC debut versus UCLA at the Rose Bowl…Put a career game together vs. Alabama A&M, rushing 16 times for 121 yards and a TD…Also had his first career reception for six yards and first kick return for 15 yards…Had the first of three long TD runs on the season at Temple, scampering 42 yards for the score on the way to a 70-yard game on four carries…Had a 40-yard TD in the fourth quarter against Navy…Returned a season high four kicks for 70 yards at UCF, including a career-long run back of 24 yards…Set a career-high with 144 all-purpose yards against ECU, totaling eight rushes for 114 yards, a 55-yard TD along with two catches for 30 yards…Got UC on the board against Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl, taking a QB Desmond Ridder screen pass 38 yards to the end zone for a career-long reception and his first score in the passing game.

PERSONAL: A consensus three-star recruit who won a pair of state championships for Coach Jim Dickerson at Clinch County HS in Georgia...Ranked as one of the Top-50 athletes in the 2018 class...Tabbed as the 2017 Region 2-A Player of the Year and a RecruitGeorgia.com First-Team Class A Public All-State selection...McClelland had 130 yards yards, a pair of rushing scores and 40 yards passing in a 21-12 Panthers win in the Georgia High School Association’s Class A-Public State Championship...Named 2016 Region 2-A Player of the Year and earned all-state honorable mention from the Georgia Sports Writer’s Association and Atlanta Journal Constitution after rushing for 1,574 yards, averaging 9.7 yards per carry, and 27 total touchdowns...Earned Honorable Mention Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State Football accolades in 2015... Totaled rushed 22 times for 173 yards and one TD to lead Clinch County to a 24-7 win in the 2015 GHSA Class A Public Championship...Committed to UC over reported offers from Auburn, UCF, Kentucky and LSU.