Jeremy Maclin is an American football wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Eagles in the first round pick 19 of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Missouri. Maclin was born in Chesterfield, Missouri. He attended Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri from 2002 to 2006, where he was a letterman in football and basketball. After playing football at Kirkwood 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 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 Classic.
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