2017 Football Roster
Mechane Slade
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-8 / 165
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Roswell, Ga.
- Prev School:
- Roswell HS
Career
Has seen action in 16 games … Has 13 receptions for 116 yards with one TD … Has three multi-catch games … Redshirted the 2015 season and has two years of eligibility remaining.
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2016 spring semester.
2017 (Sophomore)
Played in 10 games … Hauled in nine catches for 89 yards with one TD … Part of the receiving corps that set a school season record with 4,355 yards … Had two multi-catch games … Pulled in his first reception of the season in a road game at UCF … Registered career bests for receptions (4), yards (36) and long reception (19 yards) in a road win at Connecticut … Caught his first collegiate TD pass, a 10-yarder from David Moore, late in the fourth quarter vs. the Huskies … Had receptions in regular-season wins over Tulsa (1/12 yards) and SMU (2/18 yards) … Logged one catch for eight yards vs. Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in five games … Had four catches for 27 yards … Made his collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Southeast Missouri … Logged season highs for catches (3) and receiving yards (21) vs the Redhawks… Had a season-long reception of nine yards … Posted one catch for six yards in a road win at SMU … Also saw game action vs. Bowling Green, Tulsa and USF.
2015 (Freshman)
Redshirted the 2015 season.
High School
Played for head coach John Ford at Roswell High School ... As a senior in 2014, caught 43 passes for 805 yards and nine TD … Averaged 18.7 yards per reception … Also carried the ball 24 times for 206 yards (8.6 average) and another score … Returned a kickoff for a TD … Helped the Hornets post an 8-4 record and a 6-2 Georgia High School Athletic Association (GHSAA) Class AAAAAA Region 5 record … Team advanced to the GHSAA Class AAAAAA state playoffs second round.
Personal
Son of Natie Ramos … Has an older sister, Natisha … Born March 19 in Bridgeport, Connecticut … Interdisciplinary studies major.
