Jaleel McLaughlin
American football player
Jaleel McLaughlin ( mə-GLOF-lin; born September 13, 2000) is an American professional football running back for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Falcons and Youngstown State Penguins and is the NCAA's all-time leading rusher. McLaughlin was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2023.
Early life
McLaughlin was born on September 13, 2000, and is a native of Marshville, North Carolina. One of four children, he was raised by his mother and battled poverty and homelessness growing up. He also played several sports starting at a young age, including football, basketball and track.
When McLaughlin was in middle school, his mother lost her job and they lived in various places for short periods of time, switching between hotels, motels and relatives' houses. Shortly after, his cousin and role model died of a brain tumor and his grandmother died from a heart attack. McLaughlin had been living in his grandmother's house at the time and lost it when she died, so he lived for several months with his mother and siblings in a car parked outside a McDonald's. McLaughlin and his family moved in with a relative after several months of homelessness and he then entered Forest Hills High School.
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