Senior cornerback on Kansas State's 2025 roster.
5′10″ · 200 lb · West Columbia, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 cornerback on Kansas State's 2025 roster.
Justice Clemons
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Third year in the Kansas State secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 2 tackles against UCF — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Klieman.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Chris Klieman — 24-14 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Collin Klein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Unranked recruit. Now #322 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 15 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 30 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 38–35
vs North Dakota
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Edged out North Dakota at home in a shootout.
With A. Johnson — 318 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.1 · 43 rush yds (7 car) · S. McClannan — 41 AVG · 43 LONG · 4 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-24vs Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-35vs North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-24vs Army | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 34-20vs UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kansas State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Kansas State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kansas State · Last season: 6-6 (AP #17) · Talent rank #47 · 2026 recruiting class #50
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Faybian Marks’s 2021 season.
Matches Faybian on
Differs from Faybian on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Josh Sarratt's sophomore season at James Madison (2023).
Matches Josh on
Player DNA