Micheal Clemons (born August 21, 1997) is an American football defensive end for the

New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The J ...

of the National Football League (NFL). He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

at Cisco College before transferring to Texas A&M.

Early life and high school

Clemons grew up in Garland, Texas and attended

Sachse High School Sachse High School is a public high school located in Sachse, Texas (USA). Sachse High School enrolls students in grades 9- 12 and is a part of the Garland Independent School District. The first graduating class was the Charter Class of 2005. ...

College career

Clemons began his collegiate career at Cisco College. 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. 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. Clemons played in 11 games with nine starts as a redshirt junior an recorded 28 tackles. 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. 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. He finished his final season with 32 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and seven sacks.

Professional career

Clemons was selected in the fourth round, 117th overall, of the

2022 NFL Draft The 2022 NFL Draft was the 87th edition of the National Football League's annual draft and was held from April 28–30, 2022, at the Caesars Forum on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The first round was held on Thursday, April 28, and w ...

by the

References

External links

New York Jets bioTexas A&M Aggies bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clemons, Micheal Living people Players of American football from Texas Sportspeople from the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex American football defensive ends Texas A&M Aggies football players Cisco Wranglers football players New York Jets players People from Garland, Texas 1997 births