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2019 Football Roster

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29 Phazione McClurge

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • Highschool Mount Carmel HS

Biography

As a senior (2020)

• Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

As a junior (2019)

• Had team highs of 41 receptions and 677 yards to go along with three touchdowns in 10 contests.
• Fourth in the Ivy League in yards per reception (16.51, 66th nationally) and eighth in receiving yards per game (67.7, 73rd nationally).
• In Ivy games, his 17.5 yards per reception ranks third and his 77.7 yards per game is seventh while his 31 receptions sits ninth.
• Caught three passes for 30 yards in the season-opening win at Marist.
• Hauled in a seven-yard pass at Ivy preseason favorite Yale.
• Grabbed one pass for 16 yards vs. Georgetown.
• Posted a career-best 137 yards on five catches, including a 34-yard touchdown, at Harvard.
• Made his first start at receiver vs. Colgate, hauling in six passes for 87 yards.
• Caught five passes for 66 yards in the win over Brown.
• Made three catches for 74 yards against No. 12 Princeton.
• Scored two times through the air and ended the day with eight catches for 124 yards at Penn.
• Hauled in six passes for 73 yards in the win at No. 12 Dartmouth.
• Had three catches for 63 yards in the win over Columbia.
 

As a sophomore (2018)

• Posted 24 tackles, 20 solo, and six pass breakups over 10 games at corner.
• Ranked seventh in passes defended in Ivy play (6).
• Had a team-best seven tackles, including five solo stops, in the 2018 season opener at Delaware.
• Made three tackles and broke up a pass against Yale.
• Had three stops and broke up a pass in the win over Sacred Heart.
• Had two tackles and broke up three passes in the win over Harvard.
• Posted four tackles in the win over Brown.
• Had two tackles and broke up a pass vs. Penn.
• Moved from corner to wide receiver in the Spring of 2019.

As a freshman (2017)

• Played in all 10 games as a freshman, earning his first varsity letter.
• Closed his rookie season with nine tackles and three pass breakups.
• Made four tackles and broke up a pass in the win at Princeton.
• Credited with a pass breakup and a tackle at Dartmouth.
• Had three tackles in the season finale at Penn.
• Made one top and broke up a pass against Columbia. 
• Saw time at corner and on special teams at Delaware.
• Also saw field time in the Ivy opener at Yale.
 

Prior to Cornell

• McClurge was an all-conference selection as a senior defensive back at Mount Carmel HS.
• He helped his team to a pair of Prep Bowl championships, including as a senior captain.
• McClurge recorded 33 tackles and racked up a team-high 513 receiving yards while earning Daily Southtown All-Area honors in his final season.
• He also earned the league’s Wide receiver of the Year award.
• McClurge also captained the basketball team and was a four-year letter winner. He also competed in track and field for one season.
 

Personal

• Phazione Donald McClurge is the son of Pamela McClurge and has a younger sister.
• He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the SC Johnson College of Business.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2017-18Freshman

    Cornerback
    6'2" 180 lbs
    21
  • 1

    2018-19Sophomore

    Cornerback
    6'2" 185 lbs
    1
  • 29

    2019-20Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 190 lbs
    29