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Position: | Running back |
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Date of birth: | July 17, 1975 |
Place of birth: | Monterey Park, California |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Pasadena (CA) John Muir |
College: | Oregon |
Undrafted: | 1998 |
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CFL status: | International |
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Saladin McCullough (born July 17, 1975) is a former American football running back who played three seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He first enrolled at Pasadena City College before transferring to El Camino Junior College and lastly the University of Oregon. McCullough was also a member of the Los Angeles Dragons and Los Angeles Xtreme. His brother Sultan McCullough played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins.
McCullough played high school football at John Muir High School in Pasadena, California. He set career school records by accumulating 4,429 rushing yards, 73 touchdowns and 5,748 all-purpose yards.
McCullough played for the Pasadena City Lancers of Pasadena City College in 1994, recording 725 yards and six touchdowns in seven games. He played for the El Camino Junior College Warriors in 1995, rushing for 1,090 yards and 12 touchdowns in ten games with 8.4 yards per carry.
McCullough was a two-year for the Oregon Ducks of the University of Oregon from 1996 to 1997. He set a school record for rushing touchdowns by scoring fifteen in seven games in 1996, earning honorable mention All-Pac-10 accolades. He recorded 1,411 rushing yards on 267 carries his senior year in 1997. McCullough also scored a 93-yard return for a touchdown on the first kickoff of the Ducks' 1997 season.