collegian
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Definition of collegian
: a student or recent graduate of a college
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Rosen took too many hits as a collegian, which caused him to miss nine games over his last two years, and needs to learn to move better in general within the pocket. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "Josh Rosen: Where Most NFL Teams See an Enigma, the Arizona Cardinals See Their Future," 3 May 2018 Shelby Houlihan, Colleen Quigley and Kate Grace of the Bowerman Track Club opened the outdoor season in impressive fashion Friday night at the Bryan Clay Invitational by dusting the collegians in the top section of the women's 1,500 meters. — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, "The Bowerman Track Club is off to a fast start outdoors: Oregon track & field rundown," 21 Apr. 2018 Last year, excluding foreigners and lottery picks (who sometimes skip the combine), only two U.S. collegians not invited to combine were taken in the 60-pick draft. — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Stay or go? SDSU's Jalen McDaniels continues to test NBA waters," 9 May 2018 Holloway -- one of only three collegians to jump 27 feet this season -- and Bates lurked in the final with three more chances to top him. — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, "As Oregon's Damarcus Simpson struggles, Buckeye takes NCAA title with huge leap," 7 June 2018 His father, Matt Centrowitz, competed at Hayward Field as a collegian for Oregon at the beginning a career that saw him run in two Olympics. — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, "Final Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field called 'bittersweet'," 25 May 2018 Stevens, Cunliffe and Rogers clearly are good enough, and had little to prove as collegians. — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, "Makenzie Dunmore and the retooled Ducks are in the Pac-12 fight: Oregon track & field rundown," 13 May 2018 The Ravens would like to move the 2016 second-round draft pick back to outside linebacker, the position Correa excelled at as a collegian at Boise State. — Jeff Zrebiec, baltimoresun.com, "Ravens notebook: Michael Crabtree fitting in well; 13 players not participating in OTAs," 24 May 2018 April 12-14, Tennessee Relays: Ran 11.07w in the 100, finishing second but the top collegian. — Joe Fleming, USA TODAY, "What will record-breaking Kentucky freshman track star Sydney McLaughlin do next?," 10 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'collegian.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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