Biography
2024: Received a M.S. in Engineering & Technology Management in December 2024 … Earned an invitation to the Denver Broncos’ rookie minicamp … AFCA Second-Team All-America … D2football Elite 100 Squad member … Don Hansen Honorable Mention All-America … D2CCA Second-Team All-Super Region 4 … First-Team All-RMAC … D2football.com Elite 100 preseason watchlist member … Lindy’s Preseason All-America … Team’s Offensive Player of the Year … National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society member … NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado … Was named the Mines President’s Senior Scholar-Athlete for his graduating class in recognition of an outstanding combination of academic and athletic achievement … Finished his career #4 on the NCAA D-II all-time receiving yards list, compiling 4,688 yards and 54 touchdowns … Finished career as Mines’ all-time record holder in yards and #2 in Mines and RMAC history in TDs … Had more career yards than any D-II player since 2008 … Ranked in the NCAA D-II top-20 in receiving yards (9th, 1078), yards per game (10th, 98.0), receptions per game (8th, 6.5), and receiving TDs (18th, 10) … Mines is the only program in D-II history to have two 1,000-yard receivers in three straight seasons, with McLeod being over 1,000 in 2022, 2023, and 2024 … In 2024, started nine times in 11 appearances, compiling 1,078 yards and 10 touchdowns off 72 catches … Crossed 100 yards five times, with 130 and a score vs. West Texas A&M and 172 and two touchdowns vs. South Dakota Mines topping his production … Made 5+ catches in nine of 11 games … Caught three touchdowns vs. Black Hills State, setting off a mid-season streak of six straight games with at least one touchdown catch.
2023: Received a B.S. in mechanical engineering in December 2023 … Consensus first-team all-American earning honors from the D2CCA, Associated Press, AFCA, D2football.com, and Don Hansen … D2CCA First-Team All-Super Region 4 … NFFCC First-Team All-Colorado … First-Team All-RMAC … RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 2) … NFFCC Colorado Player of the Week (Week 13) … Lindy's Preseason Second-Team All-America ... D2football.com Elite 100 Preseason First Team ... NFFCC Academic All-Colorado Honorable Mention ... Set the Mines single-season records for receptions (115) and receiving yards (1,656) … Caught 16 touchdowns … Led NCAA Division II in receiving yards, ranked fourth in TDs, and sixth in completions per game … Averaged 14.4 yards per catch and 110.4 yards per game … Set a career high in catches twice in the playoffs, first with 12 vs. Augustana and then with 14 in the national final vs. Harding … Had a career-high 215 yards vs. Augustana with two touchdowns … Had five multi-TD games with three each against South Dakota Mines and Black Hills State … Went over 100 receiving yards 10 times including in the first five games of the year … Surpassed 150 yards against Grand Valley State, Augustana, and Harding.
2022: Associated Press Second-Team All-America … Don Hansen Honorable Mention All-America ...NFFCC First-Team All-Colorado … NFFCC Colorado Player of the Week (Week 6) … Honorable Mention All-RMAC ... Started all 16 games at receiver … Produced 1,492 yards and 18 touchdowns on 79 catches, all team bests … Turned in the #2 all-time receiving yards season and #3 touchdowns season in Mines history … Averaged a team-best 18.89 yards per catch … Ranked second nationally in receiving touchdowns, third in yards, and ninth in total touchdowns … Generated at least one score in 11 different games … Also ran for a touchdown against CSU Pueblo in the regular season, gaining 26 yards on three carries overall … Caught three touchdowns in a game twice, both in the postseason against CSU Pueblo (NCAA First Round) and Shepherd (NCAA Semifinals) … Had a career game against Shepherd with 214 yards off 12 catches … Produced 100+ yards four times and 150+ yards three times, including 177 vs. Colorado Mesa and 169 at South Dakota Mines in consecutive games mid-season … Averaged 98 yards, 4.8 catches, and 1.4 touchdowns per game in the postseason.
2021: Team's Rookie of the Year ... NFFCC Honorable Mention Academic All-Colorado ... Had a breakout season playing all 14 games at wide receiver … Was second on the team with 10 touchdown receptions, ranking third in the RMAC and 26th nationally … Caught 24 passes for 462 yards, averaging a team-best 19.25 yards per catch … Had touchdown receptions in nine different games including all three postseason contests … Top career game came in the NCAA Second Round against Bemidji State with 91 yards as both of his catches were for touchdowns … Also caught TDs against Angelo State and Valdosta State in the NCAA tournament.
2019: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Versatile athlete for Bainbridge (Wash.), playing wide receiver, corner, safety, running back, and returner ... Metro-Valley League MVP ... All-West Sound All-Purpose Player of the Year ... Earned first-team all-conference honors on both sides of the ball ... Led Bainbridge to the 2018 division title and their first state playoff appearance in eight years ... Also a four-year letterwinner in lacrosse ... National Honor Society member.
