chattanooga MOCS

- Chattanooga native who spent sixth years in the program
- 49 career games played with 38 starts (30 at RG/7 at LT/1 at LG)
- 2022 Jacobs Blocking Award
- 2022 1st team All-America
- 2021 & 2022 Doris Robinson Award finalist
- 2022 Senior Bowl
- 2022 Team Captain
- 3-time 1st team All-SoCon (2020-21, 2021, 2022)
- NCAA Football Oversight Committee: 2021-22, 2022-23
- Graduated with a degree in Sport Management in May 2021
- Working on his Master's in School/Teacher Leadership
- Served as a tutor in Mocs Student-Athlete Enhancement Center

2022 (Senior)
- Started all 11 games with seven at left tackle and four at his customary right guard...played both positions in multiple games which is even more impressive as he excelled at polar opposite movements in the middle of contests.
- First team All-America per AFCA, Stats Perform, HERO Sports, Athlon, Phil Steele and TheBluebloods...second team AP.
- FedEx Ground Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award finalist.
- Jacobs Blocking Award (Top SoCon OL)...consensus All-SoCon 1st team (Coaches, Media & Phil Steele...Phil Steele's O-Lineman of the Year as well in the league.
- Accepted invite to Reese's Senior Bowl...also invited to East-West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl.
- Nominee for Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.
- Blocked for 1,000-yard rusher Ailym Ford.
- Part of an offensive line that ranked 16th nationally in sacks allowed (14) and 15th in tackles for loss (50).
- Unit allowed just nine sacks and 42 TFLs allowed in 10 FCS contests.
- Re-appointed to the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee Student-Athlete Connection Group.
 
2021 (Junior II)
- First team All-SoCon.
- Appointed to the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee Student-Athlete Connection Group...term of service on the committee was September 23, 2021, through June 30, 2022...one of 12 nationwide in all three NCAA divisions to earn the coveted spots.
- Finalist for Stats Perform Doris Robinson Award.
- Started all 11 games at right guard…helped pave the way for 1,000-yard rusher Ailym Ford.
- O-line was integral in the squad averaging 205.5 rushing yards per game, the highest average since 2016 (206.3)…rushed for more than 170 yards in all but two games including the narrow loss to VRBO Citrus Bowl Champ Kentucky…171 yards tied Florida for second-highest total against Wildcats defensive front behind 173 by Iowa in the bowl game…Ford’s 48-yard scamper in the contest was the longest run allowed by UK all season.
- His group tied a school record by limiting opponents to nine sacks for the season.
- Dean’s List and A.D. Honor Roll student...4.0 during spring semester.
 
2020-21 (Junior)
- First team All-SoCon by the league's coaches.
- Academic All-SoCon.
- Started four of five games at right guard.
- Made the Dean's List and the A.D. Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA both semesters...SoCon Honor Roll and earned the SoCon Commissioner's Medal.
 
2019 (Sophomore)
- Started all 12 games at guard...played 11 at right guard and then left guard in the season finale at VMI.
- Dean's List and the A.D. Honor Roll both semesters...SoCon Honor Roll.
 
2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Played in 10 games off the bench.
- A.D. Honor Roll in the fall.
 
2017 (Freshman)
- Redshirt season…served as a member of the scout team.
 
Central
- 3-star prospect according to 247sports.com playing for Cortney Braswell at Chattanooga Central.
- All-state selection.
- Member of the Times Free Press Dynamite Dozen.
- Also lettered in basketball.
 
Personal
- McClendon Jerrell Curtis…born Sept. 16, 1999
- Son of Angelina Curtis.
- Chose Chattanooga over FBS offers from Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, MTSU, Ohio, Temple and Western Kentucky.
- Degree earned in Sport Management…working on Master's in School/Teacher Leadership.