Jeremy Maclin (born May 11, 1988) is a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL. After playing football at Kirkwood (MO) High School he played as a redshirt sophomore wide receiver, punt and kick return specialist for the Missouri Tigers in 2007 and 2008. He holds the NCAA freshman record for most all-purpose yards in a single season. The yardage in four categories were made in: 307 punt returning, 375 rushing, 1,039 kickoff returning, and 1,055 receiving for a total of 2,776 yards; an average of 198.3 yards per game in his 14 games.

Maclin chose to forgo his remaining two years of eligibility to enter the 2009 NFL Draft. He was selected 19th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2009 NFL Draft.

College career

2007 season

Maclin was named as a Consensus First-team All-American by the Associated Press as a wide receiver and as an All-Purpose player. Maclin, paired with Heisman Trophy finalist Chase Daniel led the Missouri Tigers to a 12-2 record and victory in the 2008 Cotton Bowl. Maclin also gained All-America selections on various other teams as a kick returner. He finished his All-American season with 80 receptions and 16 touchdowns.

2008 season

Maclin began his second season with the Tigers (2008) with high expectations and possible consideration for the Heisman Trophy. In the Tigers’ season-opener against the Illinois Fighting Illini, he returned a kickoff for a touchdown but left the game with an ankle injury. He had 4 receptions for 31 yards and no touchdowns. The next game, against Southeast Missouri State, Maclin caught only 2 passes for 20 yards and a touchdown. Maclin was also involved in a trick play, however, in which quarterback Chase Daniel lined up at wide receiver and Maclin lined up at quarterback. Maclin threw a lateral to Daniel, who threw down field for a touchdown. Maclin recorded 6 receptions for 172 yards and 3 touchdowns against Nevada.

He led all of major-college football in all-purpose yards per game with 202.36 (2,833 yds. in 14 G), over 15 yards more than second-place Jahvid Best (187.25) of California. He had 1,260 receiving, 1,010 kickoff return, 293 rushing, and 270 punt returns yardage for 2,833 all-purpose yards.

He was named to the Associated Press All-American as a wide receiver, and he was once again named to the First-team as the All-Purpose player. Maclin was a unanimous pick in 2007 for the same position as a freshman.

NFL

2009

Maclin was considered a top National Football League prospect following his second season, and roommate Sean Weatherspoon hoped to convince Maclin to return for his junior year instead of leaving Missouri for the 2009 NFL Draft. Weatherspoon’s efforts were unsuccessful; on January 9, 2009, Maclin declared for the 2009 NFL Draft. Mel Kiper has projected Maclin to go to the Oakland Raiders with the seventh pick in Round 1 of the NFL Draft, but that was before WR top competitor in the draft Michael Crabtree revealing in a medical examination of two inches in lowered height to 6′ 1″ plus a broken bone (Jones fracture) in his left foot. His personal best in the 40-yard dash is 4.31 sec., and he wants to lower that to 4.29 sec. in the NFL Scouting Combine at Indianapolis. He tripped and fell during a passing drill at the NFL Scouting Combine (Feb. 22, 2009) hyperextending his left knee, and wasn’t running at 100%, but previously to his fall, unofficially ran the 40-yard dash in 4.34 sec. and 4.4 sec. that morning. He ran the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine in 4.45 sec., but the earlier unofficial times conflict with other reports saying he ran the dash first in 4.34 sec. and then 4.44 sec. Maclin showed up to Missouri’s pro day on March 19 with a shirt in memory of his uncle, Terry Ingram Sr., who died on March 5. After originally believing he had to get an MRI on his injured left knee, it was reported he won’t need one as the knee came out of the Combine fine. He also had a sore right hip because of the fall but that also proved minor. Maclin also scored very high for a wide receiver on the Wonderlic Test with a score of 25, compared to the normal score of 18 for wide receivers. He went further down in the Draft as not expected, but was eventually pick up by the Philadelphia Eagles at 19th overall.