Ocoee star football player Michael McClenton Jr. transferring to Edgewater High

After three seasons leading the Knights defense, the Appalachian State commit will finish his high school football career with the Eagles.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 6:00 p.m. June 27, 2025

Ocoee football's Michael McClenton Jr. waited to lead the Knights out of the tunnel before their game against Olympia High.

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Michael McClenton Jr., the 2024 Orange Observer football defensive player of the year and 2023 football player of the year, confirmed to The Observer that he will transfer from Ocoee High and finish his high school football at Edgewater High.

A three-star linebacker and Appalachian State commit, McClenton Jr. led the Knights defense for the past three seasons with a total of 517 tackles, 99 TFLs and 55 sacks.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.