| No. 72 – New York Jets | |||||||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born: | August 21, 1997 Garland, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Sachse (Sachse, Texas) | ||||||
| College: | |||||||
| NFL draft: | 2022 / Round: 4 / Pick: 117 | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||
Micheal Clemons (born August 21, 1997) is an American football defensive tackle for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Cisco College before transferring to Texas A&M.
Clemons grew up in Garland, Texas and attended Sachse High School.[1]
Clemons began his collegiate career at Cisco College.[2] In his lone season with the Wranglers, he recorded 30 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks in six games played. After the season, Clemons committed to transfer to Texas A&M.[3]
Clemons played in 13 games in his first season at Texas A&M and had 19 tackles, three tackles for loss, and one sack. He suffered a foot injury during preseason training camp going into his junior season and used a medical redshirt.[4] Clemons played in 11 games with nine starts as a redshirt junior and recorded 28 tackles.[5] He had 14 tackles, 4.5 tackles for a loss, and four sacks before suffering a season ending-injury in the fifth game of his redshirt senior season.[6] Clemons decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic and return to Texas A&M for a fifth season.[7] He finished his final season with 32 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and seven sacks.[8]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 5+1⁄4 in (1.96 m) |
263 lb (119 kg) |
34+7⁄8 in (0.89 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.85 s | 1.65 s | 2.84 s | 4.45 s | 7.20 s | 35.0 in (0.89 m) |
9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) |
24 reps | |
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Clemons was selected in the fourth round, 117th overall, of the 2022 NFL Draft by the New York Jets.[12]
In Week 11 against the Buffalo Bills, Clemons was involved in two separate altercations. The first between himself and Bills player, Dion Dawkins. The second was after the game had concluded in the tunnel to the locker room.[13]
In Week 12 against the Miami Dolphins, Clemons was involved in an altercation between Dolphins offensive lineman, Austin Jackson. Both players were disqualified for fighting. Clemons made an illegal elbow against an official that knocked it back, resulting in an automatic disqualification.[14]