Chunky Clements: DL · Illinois · #11.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Chunky Clements
Wins the gap play after play. On tape: 6 tackles against Nebraska, Week 5, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
LancasterOnline Oct 25
Yahoo Sports Oct 25Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Illinois | 36 | 14 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Career | 36 | 14 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Murray State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-48vs North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-34vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-31@ No. 15 Nebraska | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 31-34vs Purdue | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7@ Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 8-41@ No. 3 Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-40vs Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-27vs Michigan State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-48@ No. 7 Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 14 | 7.0 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Week 10 · 2016
W 31-27
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
A close one, won by 4 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%7 TFLSack rate
10%4 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry36 tackles · 7 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
50.8%
358 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
58.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
36 tackles in 10 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Illinois, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Cubit → Lovie Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
