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99 Jonathan Clayton

  • Position DT
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 280
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown / HS / Last School Jacksonville, Fla.

Biography

Graduated in December 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in business management and is working towards his M.B.A.

Honors
2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 First Team


2019 (Redshirt Junior)

  • Played in 10 games off the bench along the defensive line
  • Missed games at Appalachian State (Sept. 28) and at Georgia Southern (Oct. 19)
  • Recorded three tackles on the season
  • Had two tackles in the Thursday night primetime game versus Louisiana (Nov. 7)
  • Also had a solo tackle in the season finale against Texas State (Nov. 30)
  • 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America second team selection
  • 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 first team honoree
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2019 fall semester
  • Named to the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2020 spring academic term


2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)

  • Played in and started all 12 games at defensive tackle
  • Named the BAM Defensive Player of the Week twice – versus UAB (Sept. 8) and against Appalachian State (Nov. 3)
  • Totaled 34 tackles, including 14 solo stops, and 1.0 tackle-for-loss on the year
  • Posted one solo tackle in the season opener at South Carolina (Sept. 1)
  • Recorded a season-high seven tackles in the home win over UAB
  • Had six tackles in the road win at Campbell (Sept. 12)
  • Tallied one tackle in back-to-back games at Louisiana (Sept. 22) and at Troy (Sept. 29) before recording two tackles versus both ULM (Oct. 13) and at UMass (Oct. 20)
  • Totaled six stops versus Appalachian State (Nov. 3)
  • Picked up five tackles, including four solo, versus Arkansas State (Nov. 10)
  • Had three tackles and a 0.5 tackle-for-loss in the contest versus Georgia Southern (Nov. 17)
  • Named to the 2018 CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District first team
  • A member of the President’s List (4.0 GPA) in both the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters
  • Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2018-19 academic year


2017 (Redshirt Freshman)

  • Played in 10 games, missing the Arkansas (Nov. 4) and Troy (Nov. 11) games due to injury
  • Tallied seven tackles on the season
  • Had two stops in the Arkansas State (Oct. 14) game, including a 0.5 sack
  • Added a 0.5-tackle-for-loss versus Texas State (Oct. 28)
  • Named to the President’s List (4.0 GPA) for the fall of 2017 and spring of 2018
  • Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year


2016 (Freshman)

  • Redshirted
  • Named Chant Squad Defensive Player of the Year as he was tabbed the Defensive MVP three times (Furman, Bryant and Hampton)
  • Earned Dean’s List (3.25 GPA or higher) honors in the fall of 2016 and President’s List (4.0 GPA) recognition in the spring of 2017
  • Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2016-17 academic year


High School

  • A two-star recruit by Scout.com
  • Helped lead his Sandalwood High School team to a 9-3 record and allowed just 17.0 points per game his senior season
  • Named Sandalwood’s Best Defensive Lineman as a junior

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 99

    2016Freshman

    DT
    6'2" 260 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    DT
    6'2" 280 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2018Sophomore

    DT
    6'2" 285 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2019Redshirt Junior

    DT
    6'2" 280 lbs
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