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Aaron Mellette ’13 drafted by Super Bowl champions The defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens drafted Elon Phoenix wide receiver Aaron Mellette ’13 in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL draft. Mellette is Elon’s first pro football draftee since Chad Nkang was taken by the Jaguars in 2007. The Sanford, N.C., native received seven AllAmerica honors following the 2012 season. He was a first-team All-Southern Conference selection by both the league’s coaches and media members, and placed eighth in the voting for the Walter Payton Award, which is presented annually to the top player in the Football Championship Subdivision. In his senior year, Mellette caught 97 passes for 1,398 yards. He led the SoCon and ranked second nationally in both receptions per game (8.82) and receiving yards per game (127.09) following the regular season. For his college career, Mellette posted 4,254 receiving yards, 304 receptions, 44 touchdown catches and 23 100-yard games—ranking second in both Elon and SoCon history. Photo courtesy Phil Hoffmann/Baltimore Ravens