| J.J. McKelvey |
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Overview Clemson’s leading receiver in terms of reception yardage this year…had 752 receiving yards, just 25 yards away from moving into the top 10 in Clemson history on a season basis…his 52 catches in 2002 rank him 11th in Clemson history, but second on this year’s team behind Kevin Youngblood…ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in receptions and receptions per game, he is seventh in catches per game, but sixth in yards per game…even though he has just eight career starts, ranks in the top 15 in Clemson history in receptions and reception yards…14th in yardage with 1277 and 15th in receptions with 84…has a career yards per reception figure of 15.2, seventh in Clemson history among players with at least 80 catches…has shown improvement each year at Clemson, he has gone from three catches to 29 to 52 … joined classmates Bryant McNeal and Eric Meekins as Clemson’s career leaders in games played when the Tigers played in the Tangerine Bowl …has had two 10-catch games this year, he had 10-123 against Ball State and 10-103 at Duke…joined Virginia’s Billy McMullen as only ACC players with two games of at least 10 catches this year…also had five catches against Florida State, Wake Forest and NC State…led the team with three 100-yard receiving games…has had four touchdown catches each of the last two years…had just seven catches for 80 yards over the first three games, he then had 37 for 524 yards over the next six games, an average of 6.2 catches for 87 yards per game…had many big receptions, he led the team in catches of 20 yards or more with 13…only start of the year was against Wake Forest, he had 5-70 in that game…Kevin Youngblood had been injured all week leading up to that game…but, starting obviously doesn’t mean anything in Clemson’s system…had strong game against South Carolina with 3-58…had reception touchdowns against Ball State, Virginia, Duke and North Carolina…his 15-yard scoring pass against Duke put the Tigers in the lead in the fourth quarter…had a 58-yard scoring pass against North Carolina from Charlie Whitehurst with just 29 seconds to go in the half…caught at least one pass in every game this year and has a streak of 18 straight games with a catch dating back to last year…has caught at least one pass in 23 of the last 25 games…averaged 31 plays per game this year…led Clemson in receiving in four games this year, consecutive games against Ball State and Florida State, and consecutive games against NC State and Duke…
Prior to 2002 Third on the Tigers in receptions with 29 for 402 yards in 2001…led the team in touchdown catches with four, he had one in the finale against Duke from 39 yards out from Woodrow Dantzler…had solid 14-yard average for the season… no catch in his career is bigger than his 63- touchdown reception at Georgia Tech with a minute left…that bomb on a fourth-down play from Woodrow Dantzler put the Tigers ahead 41-38…Clemson went on to win in overtime, but if McKelvey fails to make that catch, Clemson does not go to a bowl…also had big diving five-yard reception for a first down on Clemson’s overtime game winning touchdown drive…had break out game against Wofford with eight catches for 73 yards and two touchdowns …had at least one catch in 10 of the 12 games …had five catches against Virginia and four against Maryland for his other top reception games… had three catches for 90 yards in 1999, one was a 65-yard reception against Georgia Tech, the longest pass play of the year for the Tigers...had 2-25 receiving in the win over Missouri...the 65-yard catch against Georgia Tech was his only catch in the last 10 games....played in every game on special teams...played a season high 28 plays against Duke, but did not catch a pass...reliable special teams players, he had five special teams tackles in 2000... rangy athlete who moved from linebacker to wide receiver in the spring of 2000...saw action as a first-year freshman linebacker, he played on defense against Marshall and Virginia in 1999...had six special teams tackles for the 1999 season, including three against Duke...outstanding defender in high school had 19 career interceptions as a high school safety...from same high school as former Clemson wide receiver Mal Lawyer, Lawyer and McKelvey are cousins...had 22 receptions and four touchdowns on offense his senior year of high school...averaged 17 points and 13 rebounds per game in basketball his senior year...born 3-15-80...majoring in industrial education.
McKelvey Career Stats |
| Year |
GP-GS |
Plays |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
LG |
| 2000 |
12-0 |
112 |
3 |
90 |
30.0 |
0 |
65 |
| 2001 |
12-7 |
472 |
29 |
402 |
13.9 |
4 |
63 |
| 2002 |
13-1 |
372 |
52 |
785 |
15.1 |
4 |
59 |
| Total |
37-8 |
956 |
84 |
1277 |
15.2 |
4 |
65 |
