Jaques McClendon

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QBvol7

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Rumor here in chattanooga is that he has been kicked out school for violating the honor code. Freak, any info on this you may know about?
 
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QBVol7, I have talked to a couple of people and have not been able to confirm anything.
 
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Hubbs just announced that McClendon was granted a release from the school. He was not kicked out, he is transferring to Walker Valley HS in Cleveland. No reason was given, but some speculation is that Jacques did not want to be grouped as a Baylor guy(former McCallie student).
 
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Also, i know that McClendon has a cousin or something that he is pretty close with that goes to Walker Valley..
 
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This from The Chattanoogan and Stan Crawley this morning...

UT Signee McClendon Withraws From Baylor, Enrolls At Walker Valley
by Stan Crawley
posted April 19, 2006

In a strange twist of events on Wednesday, Tennessee football signee Jacques McClendon withdrew from The Baylor School and enrolled at Walker Valley High School in Cleveland, Tn.

Late Wednesday night, Baylor officials released this statement: “High school football standout Jacques McClendon was permitted to withdraw from Baylor School today and has enrolled in Walker Valley High School in Cleveland, Tn.’’

Said Michael McBrien, Associate Head for Student Affairs, “Pursuant to school policy we cannot discuss the specifics of this situation. Jacques has a promising future ahead of him and we wish him well in both his educational and athletic pursuits.’’



Tennessee officials could not be reached for comment Wednesday night.

McClendon, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound lineman from Cleveland, Tn., was rated the No. 2 overall prospect last year in Tennessee.

He was a Four-Star player by Rivals.com and listed as the No. 9 overall offensive gurad in the nation. Scout.com rated him the No. 55 player overall in the nation and the No. 13 overall offensive lineman.

Tom Lemming of ESPN rated McClendon the No. 91 player overall in the nation and the No. 4 overall offensive lineman.
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This is just wierd. Apparently no comment out of UT yet.
I would also point out that there are some fairly contentious athletic dept. staff changes going on at Baylor right now. Of course I have no idea if that has a single thing to do with this.
 
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(thebradmanvolfan @ Apr 20 said:
he needs to get his stats right
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I bet it was a typo, Stan has been covering High School sports a long time and went the extra mile to verify stuff before he put out a story.
 
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Here's an article from the 04/21/06 edition of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.........

McClendon’s move doesn’t affect status
By Gentry Estes Staff Writer

Tennessee signee Jacques McClendon’s 11 th-hour transfer from the Baylor School to Walker Valley High School shouldn’t affect his status for the upcoming football season, university officials said Thursday.
"As long as he graduates, it will not affect his eligibility," UT director of public relations Tiffany Carpenter said.
Since he has yet to graduate, McClendon has yet to apply to the NCAA Clearinghouse, which certifies academic eligibility for incoming freshmen.
Clearinghouse factors aren’t tied to a player’s specific school but rather to his completion of 14 core courses, grade point average, scholastic test scores and date of graduation. Whether McClendon graduates from Baylor or Walker Valley doesn’t impact his eligibility at Tennessee, so long as he meets the other academic criteria.
"It’s pretty cut and dry as far as we’re concerned," Carpenter said. "No one seemed worried about it."
McClendon, a Cleveland resident, was thought to be on track to graduate from Baylor before he had to change schools this week. Volunteers coach Phillip Fulmer felt comfortable enough with McClendon’s academic standing to say in February he anticipates him contributing to the team’s offensive line this fall.
Efforts to contact McClendon on Thursday were unsuccessful.
This isn’t the first time the bluechip recruit’s status has come into question since Signing Day.
Tennessee designated McClendon ineligible after spotting him and his mother sitting courtside Feb. 12 at a Lady Vols basketball game. It was discovered the McClendons were given tickets and meal passes from booster Gordon Ball, a Knoxville attorney whose son Tanner is a ninth-grader at Baylor.
UT self-reported the secondary violation to the Southeastern Conference and NCAA.
Less than a month later, McClendon’s eligibility was restored after he and his mother repaid $74 for the face value of the tickets and passes.
Ball was reprimanded by the UT athletic department and accepted blame for the incident, claiming McClendon was invited as a friend of his son’s. "I didn’t even think about it being a violation," Ball said at the time. "If he had been a Heisman Trophy winner and he had been Tanner’s friend, he could have sat with us."

E-mail Gentry Estes at gestes@timesfreepress.com
 
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A very reliable source told me he got caught cheating for the 2nd time in an elective class and Baylor kicked him out or let him withdraw. Overall grades are pretty good so he will have no trouble grauating form Walker.
 
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(Xanny @ Apr 21 said:
A very reliable source told me he got caught cheating for the 2nd time in an elective class and Baylor kicked him out or let him withdraw. Overall grades are pretty good so he will have no trouble grauating form Walker.
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Cheating in an elective?
 
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(QBvol7 @ Apr 19 said:
Rumor here in chattanooga is that he has been kicked out school for violating the honor code. Freak, any info on this you may know about?
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The entire Athletic program at Baylor has been in a mess for the past few months. The former AD and Basketball Coach was relieved of his duties (word is because the Football team couldn’t beat McCallie) and they wanted a “Football” coach to be the Athletic director not some BB coach. That was such bull because Austin Clark (yes a former Vol BB player) not only is an outstanding guy but an awesome BB coach. Now that the screen has somewhat been lifted, Clark is back in as BB coach, but McClendon was very vocal with his displeasure, not about Austin but about Baylor and the way they handled everything. Most all the players and students and alumni were upset with all the mess. It was one of those things that were as usual in Chattanooga, dictated by the Mountain money.

He isn’t a kid who will just stay silent on issues, something he will need to change as a Vol. Anyway he was just over what all was going on there and word has it he just said he didn’t want anymore part of Baylor. He left on his on and this will not affect his eligibility as a Vol.
 
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