2016 Senior

• 11 games played with seven starts
• 36 tackles, 7.0 TFLs, career-best 3.5 sacks
• Career-high 1.5 sacks vs. Michigan State, including half-sack on final defensive play of the game to seal the win
• Forced fumble vs. Michigan State
• Tied career high with 2.0 TFLs vs. Minnesota
• Tipped pass led to Darius Mosely’s 78-yard interception return for a touchdown at Rutgers
• 1.0 sacks in each of the first two games
• Tied career high with six tackles at Nebraska
• Missed the season finale at Northwestern with an injury
• Senior Bowl preseason watch list

2015 Junior

• Played in all 12 games, including 10 starts on the defensive line
• 35 tackles, 11.5 TFLs, 0.5 sacks, one PBU, two forced fumbles and six QB hurries on the season
• Led the team in QB hurries and forced fumbles
• Third on the team in TFLs
• Back-to-back games with career-high six tackles against Iowa and Wisconsin
• Career-high five solo tackles at Iowa
• Career-high 2.0 TFLs vs. Western Illinois and Iowa
• Forced fumbles in each of the final two games of the season against Minnesota and Northwestern

2014 Sophomore

• Played in all 13 games, including three starts, recording 24 tackles, 6.0 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, three PBUs, a QB hurry, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery on the season
• Shared time at defensive tackle with Rob Bain after Teko Powell was ruled out for the season with an injury after the Washington game
• Recorded his first career fumble recovery against Western Kentucky
• Posted his first career half-sack against Youngstown State

2013 Freshman

• Played in 10 games, totaling four tackles and 1.0 TFL
• Recorded first career TFL at Purdue
• Made his first career tackle in his Illini debut against Cincinnati

High School

• Three-star recruit by Rivals, Scout, ESPN and 247 Sports
• Ranked the No. 37 defensive end nationally by Scout and No. 32 by 247 Sports
• Ranked as the No. 20 player in Ohio by Rivals
• Limited to eight games during senior season due to injury but still totaled 39 tackles, six sacks and 10 tackles for loss on the year
• Helped team to state runner-up finish in 2012
• Four-year letterman in football and three-year letterwinner in basketball

Personal

• Born Dec. 3, 1994
• Full name is Jarrod Clements, Jr.
• Goes by "Chunky" 
• Father is Jarrod Clements Sr., and mother is Keisha Freeman
• Cousin, Roy Roundtree, was a receiver at Michigan
• Helped Dayton Dunbar HS to state basketball title
• Favorite athlete is former NFL linebacker Ray Lewis "because he's inspirational and leaves it all on the field"
• Majoring in communicaton

Career Highs

Tackles: 6, three times (last at Nebraska, 10/1/16)
Solos: 3, twice (last vs. Michigan State, 11/5/16)
TFLs: 2.0, three times (last vs. Minnesota, 10/30/16)
Sacks: 1.5 vs. Michigan State, 11/5/16
QB Hurries: 2, twice (last vs. Northwestern, 10/28/15)
Fumbles Forced: 1, twice (last at Minnesota 11/21/15)
Fumbles Recovered: 1, vs. Western Kentucky, 9/6/14
PBUs: 1, five times (last at Rutgers, 10/15/16)