But when you’ve got a fast split end standing at 6’4” like Aaron Mellette, you can change things. It was all new, but it was a fun first day and the best decision of my life.”Įventually, Mellette was moved to wide receiver and began doing some crazy things, surprising for the wing-T, run-first offense that Lee ran at Southern Lee. “I didn’t know how to put pads on, I didn’t know none of that. Mellette was initially placed at safety, which was weird for him, but nothing compared to the little things. “You don’t expect Aaron Mellette, who has to unfold himself to get out of the car.” “As the car pulls up, you expect the kid to be 5’6”, 100 pounds,” he said. But Lee said that when he stepped out of his mom’s car, things changed for the Southern Lee program. Mellette had no prior organized football experience, having only played around in the backyard messing around with friends. “As a head coach, you get this phone call a lot.” “(She said,) ‘My husband is a pastor here in town, and my son wants to play football,’” he said. He got a phone call from a woman who was “incredibly nice,” he said. Lee was two days into practice with his new team, just a junior varsity team, at West Lee Middle School, not far from where Southern Lee stands today. The other school, Lee County High School, or “Lee Senior” in shorthand, had become overcrowded and a new school was built. The school was the second high school in the small city located in Lee County. He was the first-year head football coach at the brand-new Southern Lee High School in Sanford. He has put himself in a position to become an NFL draft pick, the first from Elon since linebacker Chad Nkang, picked in the seventh round by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2007.Ĭoming from only playing two years of high school varsity football, that’s pretty impressive. I’ll just lay around the house, just hang out with my pops and my mom and do nothing.”įrom his mother making an important phone call to kick-start his football career, to his high school quarterback Donte’ Alston, his cousin Josh Mellette to teammate and fellow Elon wide receiver and junior Rasaun Rorie, Aaron Mellette’s family has been a huge part of his success on the gridiron. If I go home, I’d rather hang out with my family than my friends or anything like that. 1 influence in any kid’s life growing up,” said Elon University senior wide receiver Aaron Mellette. Above it all, he credits his family for everything he has done so far. From a first day playing safety to a top wide receiver prospect for the 2013 NFL Draft. That’s the jump he hopes to make in the coming months. Sanford, North Carolina to New York City.
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