Northwestern State University of Louisana

SLC Commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll

2010:  Played in five games and saw 48 snaps... graded out at a 70 percent average... had one knockdown block... graded out at 80 percent against Nicholls and Stephen F. Austin... played a season-high 18 snaps at North Dakota.

McLendon in High School:  First-team All-State Class 5A as a senior ... Jackson Clarion-Ledger Top 125 Players in Mississippi ... ranked No. 10 center in the nation by ESPN.com ... first-team All-Region as a junior and senior ... team captain for the Pirates in his senior year  ... three-year football letterwinner as a center, defensive tackle and long snapper ... pitcher and first baseman while earning three baseball letters ... four-year powerlifting letterwinner as Pirates won state championship in his junior season (2008)  ... National Honor Society member with a 3.67 GPA ... part of Super Scholars program at Pearl HS, with all honors classes ... student council member as a senior ...  Mayor's Youth Council all four years in high school ... member of Pirate Connectors mentoring group for freshmen ... ran the family's Trio-Lawn Service through his high school career as his father was deployed on military service .... The lawn service has 10 residential clients and three commercial clients ... member of Park Place Youth Group doing community service for elderly, homeless and mentoring programs for children

McLendon's Personal:  Born Feb. 5, 1992... son of Marc and Lesley McLendon... has a brother, Jacob (15), and a sister, Jessica (12)... full name is John Tyler McLendon.