Rodney Clemons: S · SMU · #23.
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Rodney Clemons
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at SMU. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Tulane — Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
77 tackles. 9 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 3 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-30@ Arkansas State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-27vs North Texas | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-17vs Texas State | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ No. 25 TCU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-21@ South Florida | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-37vs Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-21vs Temple | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-31@ Houston | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 48-54@ No. 24 Memphis | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 59-51vs East Carolina | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-35@ Navy | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-20vs Tulane | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
 Bowl | L 28-52@ Florida Atlantic | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 77 | 48 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
77tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%3 TFL77 tackles · 3 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road7g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
48.7%
502 pass / 529 run
Plays / game
79.3
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
535 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
77 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at SMU, 272 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chad Morris → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
