Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-3vs Houston Christian | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 0-52@ Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#11
Christopher Clark-Jolivet
Junior defensive lineman on Rice's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 295 lb · Houston, TX · Furr
Returning to Rice for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
1 TFL · 3 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Houston Christian
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman on Rice's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rice in 2023.
Christopher Clark-Jolivet
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the Rice defensive front, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 2 tackles, 1 TFL against Houston Christian — Week 1, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Rice3-star out of Furr
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Rice
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Scott Abell — 6-9 over that span.
2025Rice5-8HC: Scott Abell · Run-heavy
2026Rice1-1HC: Scott Abell · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 31–3
2 TOT · 1 TFL
Dominant 28-point win at home against Houston Christian.
With Q. Jackson — 61 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD · C. Durkin — 54 AVG · 54 LONG · 1 NO
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Rice
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Rice
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -2 net (20 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Rice · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #100 · 2026 recruiting class #104
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jayden Williams’s 2025 season.
Matches Jayden on
Class year
Sack rate
TFL rate
Differs from Jayden on
Hurry rate (higher)
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Tullis's freshman season at Eastern Michigan (2023).
Matches Malik on
Sack rate
Weight
Differs from Malik on
Height (higher)
Class year (lower)
Hurry rate (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Christopher Clark-Jolivet
Background
Pronunciation Guide 2025 Collected 15 tackles in his first season of action, playing in all 13 games and making three starts…Made his collegiate debut with a start at Louisiana in the opener and was credited with a pair of tackles… Matched that total four other times during the season (Charlotte,...
The defensive line · Rice
- #57Aquantis Clemmons3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #16Chibby Nwajuaku3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #92Luca Akirtava2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #2Jo Chavez1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #11Christopher Clark-Jolivet0 tackles for loss · 2025
14 more on the roster · Rice team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology