"Headed to join the 49ers, one of the original NFL franchises and, I'm forever grateful for my time in Pittsburgh with the Steelers."
Ray Ray McCloud III Q. Tell everyone who you are and what you do. A. I am Ray-Ray McCloud III and I have lead the NFL in punt return yards for the last two years. I am a wide receiver and have just completed playing the last two years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and now am ready to start the new season with the San Francisco 49ers! Q. Well, tell everybody what made you want to pursue a career in football? A. I was born into it. I have two little brothers, one is about to go to 32
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Clemson where I attended, the other one is a quarterback at Arizona. And I had a cousin that went to Georgia, a cousin that went to Furman, a cousin that went to Arizona a few years ago. So, it’s just in the family. My dad went to Arkansas as a Razorback. It’s deep in my blood. Q. Well, how was that journey getting into football? A. Getting into it was the easy part, but maintaining, being number one in everything I do was the hard part. It wasn’t hard when it came to game day, but practicing was and my dad made sure he made it hard for me,
my offseason, always. I remember when I was a kid, me and my brother, he used to make us run home from a Publix that was a little way from the house. And every day we would come from school or from practice, we would jog home and he would sit there and go five miles out to watch us run. And just remembering those little things like that, now I’m like that’s what made us different. We left practice got home at 7:30, 8, and then had to run, jog home. Just that little thing right there is the dedication. He made sure we had installed in us when the time came, and we had to go out on our own.
