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Matt McClellan used to have every advantage over his little brother. These days, living in Tokyo, he gets up at 3 a.m. to watch Jeremiah play for the Ducks.
Jeremiah McClellan is a grown man now — a 6-foot, 190-pound wide receiver not so easily pushed around by his older brother.
Long gone are the days when a 13-year-old Matt McClellan and his cousins would gang up on 6-year-old Jeremiah, leaving him in tears after games of Madden, or routinely beating him in living room games of “Moss,” where two players go up for one ball.
“We never gave him an age pass,” Matt McClellan said. “Whenever he did win, it was always because of something crazy, like he’s diving for the ball and hitting his head down there on the fireplace, and Mom is mad as hell. But that’s Jeremiah. He found out at a really young age that, hey, if I work hard, I’ll be better than you.”
Now Jeremiah is a junior receiver on the No. 2 Oregon Ducks. He played in all 15 games in 2025, making nine starts. A handful of his 38 catches were pulled off with the same degree of difficulty as those in the living room against relative giants.
He entered 2026 fall camp as a key piece of one of Oregon’s biggest strengths, a wide receiver group that includes Dakorien Moore, Evan Stewart and Iverson Hooks, a transfer from University of Alabama at Birmingham.
And while there’s only one ball to go around, Jeremiah’s mindset seems set on making the most of every opportunity: “I’d rather die than drop the ball,” he said.
“The kid is a maniac,” Matt said.
But there are still times when Matt gets to feel like the big brother to a blossoming college football star. Take the Ducks’ trip to Japan, for instance.
Matt lives in Tokyo eight months of the year while playing edge rusher for the Tokyo Gas Creators of Japan’s X-League. He’s in his fifth season there, comfortable enough to call Tokyo his “second home” after a two-year run as a defensive end at Missouri State and a stint in Houston as a personal trainer.
“There’s no culture shock anymore,” Matt said. “I know the trains and have a cool little fan base, nothing crazy.”
He did see some culture shock from his younger brother, though, when Jeremiah, Dante Moore and several other teammates traveled to the country in June. The Ducks were there for an Oregon football showcase in Tokyo, and Matt had just one rule for his brother upon his arrival.
“Hey,” Matt said. “Just don’t get into any trouble. I live here.”
The Ducks didn’t. They met fans, saw Moore’s face on billboards and, after some initial hesitation, tried a whole bunch of new food.
“All these guys, they took a risk and tried a lot of new things, and I’m kind of proud of them because I’ve seen people come out here and basically starve themselves and all types of things,” Matt said. “I loved watching them enjoy themselves. And it was huge for me that people I knew came back to me and said how respectful they were. That was huge.”
With the Ducks now back in Eugene, nine days away from beginning the 2026 season against Boise State, Matt is still in Tokyo, one of three Americans on a team seeking its first Rice Bowl title.
He loves it, even if it means getting up at 3 a.m. to see what his younger brother does against people his own age.
“At the end of the day, I just want to see him play and do his thing,” Matt said. “It seems like it’s going to be a big year for him, and I really hope he makes the most of it.”
