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Line 1: {{Short description\|American gridiron football player (born 1988)}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=~~January~~March ~~2019~~2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography \| name = Dexter McCluster \| image = Mccluster =spring game ~~DexterMcClusterPirates2019~~(cropped).jpg \| caption = McCluster inat the 2010 Ole Miss spring ~~2019~~game \| image_size = 250 \| alt = \| number = 22, 33 \| position = [[Running ~~Back~~back]] \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1988\|8\|25\|mf=y}} \| birth_place = [[Largo, Florida]], U.S. \| height_ft = 5 \| height_in = 8 \| weight_lbs = 170 \| high_school = [[Largo High School (Florida)\|Largo ~~(FL)~~]] \| college = [[Ole Miss Rebels football\|Ole Miss]] (2006–2009) \| draftyear = 2010 \| draftround = 2 \| draftpick = 36 \| pastteams = * [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ({{NFL Year\|2010}}–{{NFL Year\|2013}}) * [[Tennessee Titans]] ({{NFL Year\|2014}}–{{NFL Year\|2015}}) * [[~~History of the San Diego Chargers\|~~San Diego Chargers]] ({{NFL Year\|2016}}) * [[Toronto Argonauts]] ({{CFL Year\|2018}}) * [[Massachusetts Pirates]] (2019) \| highlights = * Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[2013 All-Pro Team\|2013]]) * [[Pro Bowl]] ([[2014 Pro Bowl\|2013]]) * [[List of National Football League annual punt return yards leaders\|NFL punt return yards leader]] (2013) * Third-team [[College Football All-America Team\|All American]] ([[2009 College Football All-America Team\|2009]]) * ~~First~~Third-team ~~All-~~[[~~Southeastern~~College ~~Conference~~Football All-America Team\|~~SEC~~All-American]] ([[2009 College Football All-~~SEC~~America ~~football team~~Team\|2009]]) * First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams\|All-SEC]] ([[2009 All-SEC football team\|2009]]) * Second-team All-SEC ([[2008 All-SEC football team\|2008]]) \| statleague = NFL \| statweek = \| statseason = \| statlabel1 = [[Carry (American football)\|Rushing attempts]] \| statvalue1 = 250 \| statlabel2 = [[Rushing yards]] \| statvalue2 = 1,042 \| statlabel3 = [[Reception (American football)\|Receptions]] \| statvalue3 = 236 \| statlabel4 = [[Receiving yards]] \| statvalue4 = 1,993 \| statlabel5 = [[Return yards]] \| statvalue5 = 2,942 \| statlabel6 = [[Touchdown\|Total touchdowns]] \| statvalue6 = 12 \|~~nfl~~ pfr = ~~MCC467156~~McClDe00 ~~\|pfr = McClDe00~~ }} '''Dexter Marquise McCluster''' (born August 25, 1988) is a former [[American football]] [[running back]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Ole Miss Rebels football\|University of Mississippi]]. He was drafted by the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in the second round of the [[2010 NFL Draft]] and also spent time with the [[Tennessee Titans]] and [[History of the San Diego Chargers\|San Diego Chargers]].▼ ▲'''Dexter Marquise McCluster''' (born August 25, 1988) is aan American former professional [[~~American~~gridiron football\|football]] [[running back]] and [[return specialist]] who played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], [[Tennessee Titans]], and [[San Diego Chargers]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Ole Miss Rebels football\|University of Mississippi]]. He was ~~drafted~~selected by the ~~[[Kansas City~~ Chiefs]] in the second round of the [[2010 NFL ~~Draft~~draft]]. ~~and~~He also ~~spent~~played ~~time~~for ~~with~~the [[Toronto Argonauts]] of the [[~~Tennessee~~Canadian ~~Titans~~Football League]] (CFL) and the [[~~History~~Massachusetts Pirates]] of the ~~San~~[[National ~~Diego~~Arena ~~Chargers\|San Diego Chargers~~League]] (NAL). ~~==High school career==~~ ==Early life== McCluster attended [[Largo High School (Florida)\|Largo High School]] in Largo, Florida where he was an honor roll student and where he lettered in football, basketball and track. He was a state qualifier in the long jump and in the high jump. In football, his junior season, he rushed for 1,424 yards and 14 touchdowns. As a senior in leading the Largo Packers to the 2005 District Championship, he rushed for 2,490 yards and 39 touchdowns. Also as a senior, he was named to the First-team All-State 5A by the Florida Sports Writers Association and named All-Suncoast Player of the Year by the [[St. Petersburg Times]] Mr.2000. McCluster was selected Most Valuable Player in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association North-South Football All- Star Classic game. Line 59 ⟶ 60: As a [[true freshman]] at the University of Mississippi in 2006, McCluster started five of the first six games before suffering an injury. He finished the season with 15 receptions for 232 receiving yards, 68 rushing yards on eight attempts and two [[touchdown]]s. As a sophomore in 2007 he played in the final eight games of the year after missing the first four due to the injury. He finished with 326 yards on 27 receptions and 63 yards on 6 rushing attempts with two touchdowns. As a junior in 2008 he earned second-team All-SEC honors from the ''[[Associated Press]]'' after rushing for 655 yards on 109 attempts and 44 receptions for 625 yards with seven touchdowns. McCluster's senior season was full of highlights as he set two school records against [[Tennessee Volunteers football\|Tennessee]] for rushing yards in a game with 282 and all-purpose yards in a game with 324.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091116232520/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=293180145 McCluster sets two school records as Ole Miss runs over Tennessee]</ref> In his final game in [[Vaught–Hemingway Stadium\|Vaught-Hemingway Stadium]], he ran for 148 yards and threw the only collegiate touchdown pass of his career in the 25-23 win over then 9th-ranked [[LSU Tigers football\|LSU]]. He rushed for 1,169 yards on 181 attempts (a 6.4 yards per carry average), and made 44 receptions for 520 yards with 12 total touchdowns that made him the only player in SEC history to rush for over 1,000 yards and receive for 500 yards in a single season. He finished his college career at Ole Miss with 3,685 yards from scrimmage and 23 TD's.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Dexter McCluster  #22  RB \|url=http://espn.go.com/ncf/player/stats?playerId=191216 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319115913/http://espn.go.com/ncf/player/stats?playerId=191216 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=March 19, 2009 \|title=Dexter McCluster Stats, Splits, News, Photos - Mississippi Rebels - NCAA College Football - ESPN \|publisher=Espn.go.com \|date=August 25, 1988 \|access-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref> ===College statistics=== Line 88 ⟶ 89: ==Professional career== ===Pre-draft=== According to CBSSports.com,<ref name="cbssports1">{{cite web\|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1137461 \|title=Dexter McCluster, Mississippi, NFL Draft - CBSSports.com - NFLDraftScout.com \|publisher=CBSSports.com \|access-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref> McCluster was projected to be drafted in the second round of the [[2010 NFL ~~Draft~~draft]]~~. On April 23, McCluster was drafted 36th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft~~. {{nfl predraft Line 106 ⟶ 108: \| arm span = 29 1/4 \| hand span = 8 3/8 \| note = All values from [[NFL Combine]]/3-cone from [[Pro Day]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/dexter-mccluster?id=497190 \|title=Dexter McCluster \|website=NFL}}</ref> }} [[File:Paul Posluszny, Dexter McCluster, Robert Quinn 2014 Pro Bowl.jpg\|thumb\|left\|McCluster (#22) at the [[2014 Pro Bowl]].]] ===Kansas City Chiefs=== On April 23, McCluster was selected 36th overall by the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=2010 NFL Draft Listing \|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2010/draft.htm \|access-date=May 13, 2023 \|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com \|language=en}}</ref> He signed a $5.15 million, 4-year contract with the Chiefs on July 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite news \|title = Chiefs announce McCluster, Arenas deals \|publisher = National Football Post \|date = July 28, 2010 \|url = http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Chiefs-announce-McCluster-Arenas-deals.html \|access-date = August 3, 2010 \|url-status = dead \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100801130832/http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Chiefs-announce-McCluster-Arenas-deals.html \|archive-date = August 1, 2010 }}</ref> McCluster scored his first NFL [[touchdown]] in his professional debut (the first game of the [[2010 Kansas City Chiefs season\|2010 Chiefs season]]) on a 94-yard [[Punt (gridiron football)#Return\|punt return]] on September 13, 2010, against the [[2010 San Diego Chargers season\|San Diego Chargers]]. With this score, McCluster became the youngest Chiefs player to score a touchdown in [[History of the Kansas City Chiefs\|franchise history]] (21 years and 19 days old), a record that still stands as of the end of the [[2023 Kansas City Chiefs season\|2023 season]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Stathead "Touchdown Finder": Every touchdown in Kansas City Chiefs history, sorted by ascending scorer age \|url=https://stathead.com/tiny/uQPZr \|access-date=March 21, 2024 \|website=Stathead}}</ref> The 94record was previously held by [[Tamarick Vanover]], who scored a 99-yard [[Kickoff (gridiron football)#Return\|kickoff return]] touchdown in week 1 of the [[1995 Kansas City Chiefs season\|1995 season]] vs. the [[Seattle Seahawks]]. Vanover was 21 years and 190 days old on the day of his first career touchdown, 171 days older than McCluster was when Vanover's record was broken.<ref name=":0" /> The 94-yard score was also the longest punt return touchdown in Chiefs history. ~~McCluster~~until ~~scored~~January ~~his~~1, ~~first~~2017, ~~rushing~~when ~~NFL~~[[Tyreek ~~touchdown~~Hill]] onreturned a ~~run~~punt infor 95 yards against the [[2016 San Diego Chargers season\|San ~~finale~~Diego ofChargers]].<ref>{{Cite ~~the~~web \|title=Stathead "Touchdown Finder": All punt return touchdowns in Kansas City Chiefs ~~2011~~history, ~~season~~sorted by descending distance \|url=https://stathead.com/tiny/ErnTF \|access-date=March 21, 2024 \|website=Stathead}}</ref> On September 26, 2010, 13 days after his debut, McCluster caught a 31-yard [[Forward pass\|pass]] from [[Matt Cassel]], giving the rookie running back his first career offensive touchdown. As a result, McCluster is both the youngest and second-youngest Chiefs player to score a touchdown.<ref name=":0" /> On January 1, 2012, in the Chiefs' [[2011 Kansas City Chiefs season\|season]] finale against the [[2011 Denver Broncos season\|Denver Broncos]], McCluster scored his first NFL rushing touchdown on a 21-yard [[Rush (gridiron football)\|run]] in the first quarter. This proved to be the only touchdown of the day for either team, as the game ended in a 7-3 Chiefs victory.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos - January 1st, 2012 \|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201201010den.htm \|access-date=2024-03-21 \|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com \|language=en}}</ref> ===Tennessee Titans=== On March 11, 2014, McCluster signed a three-year, $12 million contract to join the [[Tennessee Titans]].<ref>{{cite web \| last=Alper \| first=Josh \| title=Dexter McCluster lands three-year deal in Tennessee \| website=NBC Sports \| date=2014-03-11 \| url=~~http~~https://~~profootballtalk~~www.nbcsports.com/~~2014~~nfl/03profootballtalk/11rumor-mill/news/dexter-mccluster-lands-three-year-deal-in-tennessee~~/\|publisher=Pro Football~~ ~~Talk~~\| access-date=~~March 11, 2014~~2024-07-26}}</ref> The Titans waived McCluster on September 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|work=ESPN.com\|url=~~http~~https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17449512/tennessee-titans-release-justin-hunter-bishop-sankey\|title=Titans release Justin Hunter, Bishop Sankey, Dexter McCluster\|first=Paul\|last=Kuharsky\|date=September 2, 2016\|access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref> ===San Diego Chargers=== Line 121 ⟶ 127: ===Toronto Argonauts=== On July 16, 2018, McCluster signed with the [[Toronto Argonauts]] of the [[Canadian Football League]]. He made his debut on September 28, 2018, and recorded 4 rushes for 27 yards, 6 catches for 46 yards, and handled return duties on special teams. McCluster played in four games for the Argos during the [[2018 CFL season\|2018 season]], and produced 117 yards on 22 carries, 111 yards on 12 catches, ~~he also returned~~ one punt return for six yards, and two kickoffs for 40 yards. He was released by the Argos on May 6, 2019.<ref>{{~~Cite~~cite web \| last=Dunk \| first=Justin \| title=Argos release former NFLer Dexter McCluster \| website=3DownNation \| date=2019-05-06 \| url=https://3downnation.com/2019/05/06/argos-release-former-nfler-dexter-mccluster/~~\|title=Argos~~ ~~release former NFLer~~\| ~~Dexter McCluster {{!}} 3DownNation\|last=Dunk\|first=Justin\|language=en-US\|~~access-date=~~2019~~2024-0507-0826}}</ref> ===Massachusetts Pirates=== [[File:DexterMcClusterPirates2019.jpg\|thumb\|McCluster with the Massachusetts Pirates in 2019]] On May 15, 2019, McCluster signed with the [[Massachusetts Pirates]] of the [[National Arena League]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/05/17/dexter-mccluster-signs-on-with-arena-football-team/ \|title=Dexter McCluster signs on with arena football team \|last=Smith \|first=Michael David \|date=~~2019-05-~~May 18, 2019 \|website=ProFootballTalk \|language=en \|access-date=~~2019-05-~~May 19, 2019}}</ref> McCluster appeared in 6 games while recording 19 receptions for 159 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns. ==References== Line 131 ⟶ 138: ==External links== {{Commons category\|Dexter McCluster}} [http://www.dextermccluster.com/ Official ~~Website~~website] [http://www.titansonline.com/team/roster/Dexter-McCluster/799f6275-c194-4bb6-bf6f-ee44e334cba8 Tennessee Titans bio] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314194547/http://www.titansonline.com/team/roster/Dexter-McCluster/799f6275-c194-4bb6-bf6f-ee44e334cba8 \|date=March 14, 2014 }} {{Chiefs2010DraftPicks}} Line 140 ⟶ 147: [[Category:1988 births]] [[Category:Living people]] ~~[[Category:African-American players of American football]]~~ [[Category:American football return specialists]] [[Category:American football running backs]] Line 148 ⟶ 154: [[Category:Ole Miss Rebels football players]] [[Category:People from Largo, Florida]] [[Category:Players of American football from Pinellas County, Florida]] [[Category:San Diego Chargers players]] ~~[[Category:Sportspeople from Pinellas County, Florida]]~~ [[Category:Tennessee Titans players]] [[Category:Unconferenced Pro Bowl players]] [[Category:21st-century African-American ~~sportspeople~~sportsmen]] [[Category:20th-century African-American ~~people~~sportsmen]] [[Category:Canadian football running backs]] [[Category:Players of Canadian football from Florida]] [[Category:Toronto Argonauts players]] [[Category:Massachusetts Pirates players]]