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Pro Career:
• Wide receiver and kick returner enters his second season with Kansas City in 2011.
• Appeared in 11 games (seven starts) in 2010, recording 21 catches for 209 yards (10.0 avg.) with a TD and 18 carries for 71 yards (3.9 avg.). Also returned 13 punts for 202 yards (15.5 avg.), including one for a Chiefs record 94-yard TD and had 26 kickoff returns for 527 yards (20.3 avg.).
• Was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week and Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for Week 1 when he returned a punt 94 yards for a TD in a 21-14 win vs. San Diego (9/13).
Pro Career:
• Wide receiver and kick returner enters his second season with Kansas City in 2011.
• Appeared in 11 games (seven starts) in 2010, recording 21 catches for 209 yards (10.0 avg.) with a TD and 18 carries for 71 yards (3.9 avg.). Also returned 13 punts for 202 yards (15.5 avg.), including one for a Chiefs record 94-yard TD and had 26 kickoff returns for 527 yards (20.3 avg.).
• Was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week and Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for Week 1 when he returned a punt 94 yards for a TD in a 21-14 win vs. San Diego (9/13).
Transactions: Signed with Kansas City (7/28/10) ... Selected with the first of the Chiefs two second-round selections (36th overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft.
2010: Played in 11 games (seven starts) on offense and special teams ... Started five contests at wide receiver and two at running back ... Was inactive for five contests with an ankle injury ... Had 21 catches for 209 yards (10.0 avg.) with a TD and 18 carries for 71 yards (3.9 avg.) ... Returned 13 punts for 202 yards (15.5 avg.), including one for a Chiefs record 94-yard TD ... Averaged 12.9 yards per touch (rushing, receiving, kickoff and punt returns), ranking eighth in the NFL among all rookies ... Compiled 1,009 total net yards ... Led all NFL rookie punt returners (min. 10 attempts) with a 15.5-yard average ... Also had 26 kickoff returns for 527 yards (20.3 avg.) ... Returned three punts for 100 yards, including one for a 94-yard TD vs. San Diego (9/13) to earn AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors and Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week accolades. It was the longest TD in a player’s debut since Tampa Bay WR Jacquez Green had a 95-yard punt return TD at Green Bay (9/13/98). His 33.3-yard punt return avg. was the second-best single-game mark in Chiefs history ... Totaled three catches for 69 yards (23.0 avg.) with a 31-yard TD vs. San Francisco (9/26). Also returned three punts for 42 yards and one kickoff for 17 yards ... Returned a career-high six kickoffs for 141 yards at Indianapolis (10/10) ... Posted three catches for 13 yards and two carries for 27 yards at Houston (10/17) ... Produced five catches for 41 yards and four carries for 28 yards vs. Jacksonville (10/24) ... Was inactive with an ankle injury vs. Buffalo (10/31), at Oakland (11/7), at Denver (11/14), vs. Arizona (11/21) and at Seattle (11/28) ... Returned to the lineup vs. Denver (12/5) ... Had three kickoff returns for 62 yards at San Diego (12/12) ... Caught a team-high four passes for 17 yards and rushed two times for five yards in an AFC Wild Card Game vs. Baltimore (1/9/11). Also returned four kickoffs for 83 yards.
College: Saw action in 40 contests at Mississippi ... Started 28 games (22 at WR and six at RB) ... Ranks eighth in school annals with 130 receptions for 1,703 yards (13.1 avg.) and seven TDs ... Notched 304 carries for 1,955 yards (6.4 avg.), finishing seventh in Ole Miss history ... Tied for ninth in school annals with 15 rushing TDs ... Added 19 kickoff returns for 374 yards and eight punt returns for 57 yards ... Ranked second in school history with 4,089 all-purpose yards ... Earned All-SEC honors as both a running back and wide receiver his final two seasons ... Named the MVP in back-to-back Cotton Bowl wins for the Rebels ... Played in 13 games with 12 starts (seven at WR and five at RB) in his senior campaign in 2009 ... Caught 44 passes for 520 yards (11.8 avg.) with three TDs and rushed 181 times for 1,169 yards (6.5 avg.) with eight TDs ... Was a team captain and earned first-team All-SEC accolades ... Added two punt returns for 28 yards (14.0 avg.) ... Also completed a 27-yard TD pass and recorded two special teams tackles ... Registered 1,717 all-purpose yards, the second-highest seasonal total in school history ... Rushed for 100+ yards in five of his final six games, including four consecutive contests ... Was a third-team All-America choice and received the National RB Trophy from the College Football Performance Awards ... Played in 13 games with eight starts (seven at WR and one at RB) in 2008 as a junior ... Totaled 44 receptions for 625 yards (14.2 avg.) with one TD ... Rushed 109 times for 655 yards (6.0 avg.) and six TDs ... Added five pass attempts with two INTs ... Amassed 1,280 all-purpose yards, the eighth-best single-season total in school history ... Was one of two SEC players to rank in the top 10 in the conference in rushing yards, receiving yards, receptions and all-purpose yards ... Earned All-SEC second-team honors as an all-purpose back ... Saw action in eight games with three starts at wide receiver in his sophomore season in 2007 ... Missed the first four games with a shoulder injury ... Caught 27 passes for 326 yards (12.1 avg.) with two TDs ... Recorded six carries for 63 yards ... Added six kickoff returns for 100 yards and six punt returns for 29 yards ... Appeared in six games with five starts at WR before missing the final six contests with a shoulder injury as a freshman in 2006 ... Notched 15 receptions for 232 yards (15.5 avg) and one TD ... Toted the ball eight times for 68 yards (8.5 avg.) with one TD ... Added 13 kickoff returns for 274 yards (21.1 avg.) ... Majored in Journalism at Mississippi.
Personal:
• A Class 5A first-team all-state running back at Largo High School in Largo, Florida.
• Rushed for 2,490 yards and 39 TDs.
• Also lettered in basketball and track.
• Was a state qualifier in the long jump and high jump.
• Received the key to the city in Largo, Florida on May 4, 2010, a few days after being drafted by the Chiefs.
• Full name: Dexter Marquise McCluster.
• Single, with a daughter, DaKayla (5).
Ole Miss head football coach Houston Nutt compares McCluster's skill-set to the best he's ever coached
Josh breaks down a crucial play in the Chiefs victory over the 49ers.
NFL.COM talks to rookies, including Dexter McCluster, at day 1 of the symposium.