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Phil Steele's 2019 Preseason All-NEC Third Team

Julian McLeod is a battle-tested, durable and productive performer who will again be counted on heavily to be a focal point of the Seahawk defensive line unit in 2019 while competing as a graduate student ... Has seen action in all 33 games, with 20 starts, during his first three seasons on Grymes Hill. 
 
2018: Started all 11 games on the interior of the defensive line ... Recorded career-best 32 tackles (13 solo), including 3.3 tackles for loss (minus 13 yards) and was in on one sack ... Recorded career-high six-tackle efforts vs. Montana State (9/15), which included four solo stops, and vs. eventual NEC champion Duquesne (11/3) ... Recorded three or more tackles in five different games and at least one tackle in 10 of 11 games played. 

2017: Saw action in all 11 games with nine starts at defensive end … Finished with 21 tackles (13 solo) … Registered then career-high five tackles (2 solo), including one tackle for loss vs. FBS foe Western Michigan (9/23) … Delivered three-tackle games vs. Central Connecticut (10/14), Bryant (10/28) and No. 12 Stony Brook (11/11) … Also had a forced fumble and pass deflection vs. Bryant (10/28) … Recorded two or more tackles in six games.
 
2016: Saw action in all 11 games for the Seahawks … Recorded 11 tackles which included three solo stops … Career-high three tackles (two solo) at Central Connecticut (10/15), one of which was a tackle for loss … Registered two tackles in three different games, vs. Sacred Heart (10/1), Columbia (10/8), and Duquesne (11/5) … Information Systems Major.

2015: Did not see any varsity action ... Member of 2015 NEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

Before Wagner: Widely-recruited student-athlete who hails from a traditional prep powerhouse ... One of a host of St. Thomas Aquinas players who will be furthering their careers at FBS and FCS institutions ... Helped lead the Raiders to a 15-1 record in 2014 and to the Class 7A State Championship ... Earned Miami Herald Honorable Mention All-Broward County honors in one of the nation's most talent-rich regions.