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OFFSIDES: DEXTER MCCLEON

Saturday, September 12, 1998

By Elizabethe Holland

Dexter McCleon, a second-year cornerback with the Rams, hails from Meridian, Miss., where he established himself as a top high school quarterback. While a player at Meridian High, he was rated as one of the country's top three option quarterbacks by Prep Football Report. As a senior, he passed for more than 1,200 yards with 10 touchdowns and rushed for more than 500 yards with 12 touchdowns. In addition to his football talent, the 24-year-old also swing a bat.



Q: What is something most people don't know about you?

A: "I like baseball more than football. Baseball has always been my first love ever since I was little."



Q: What are your best characteristics?

A: "That I'm easy to get along with. ... I'm able to fit in anywhere, with anybody."



Q: What are your goals in life?

A: "Just to be successful in whatever I choose to do. To get the best out of Dexter. I never want to look back and be like, `Maybe if I had done this better, I could have done this better, or my life would have been different.' I never want to get to a point where I say that."



Q: What is the goofiest thing you've ever done?

A: "Probably singing karaoke with Keith Lyle at Ozzie's Monday night, because I'm not a person who normally gets up and puts on a show like that. But people talked us into it, and I couldn't leave Keith hanging like that so I did it."



Q: If you could be anyone else, who would you be?

A: "I enjoy being myself, like I am."



Q: Do you have a hidden talent?

A: "I can cook up just about anything. Living on your own, you learn over
the years how to do things. ... People may not think, my mom may not even know
it yet, but I can cook. I can cook whatever I want."

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