Duane Clemons

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Duane Clemons
No. 92, 99
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1974-05-23) May 23, 1974 (age 49)
Riverside, California, U.S.
Career information
High school:John W. North
(Riverside, California)
College:California
NFL draft:1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:337
Sacks:49.5
Fumble recoveries:11
Player stats at NFL.com

Duane Anthony Clemons[1] (born May 23, 1974[2]) is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) between 1996 and 2005.[3] He was a first-round selection in the 1996 NFL draft out of the University of California, Berkeley by the Minnesota Vikings.[4]

He finished his NFL career with 49.5 sacks. Despite struggling to see the field as a starter (16 starts in 4 years with Minnesota), Clemons proved a very capable sack artist. In 1997, he finished with 7.0 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and 24 tackles. In 1999, he finished with a career-best 9.0 sacks and 36 tackles.

On November 10, 1999, Clemons was fined $7,500 for intentionally punching

testes[5] following an interception two days earlier during a Monday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys.[6] While Adams maintained that he didn't know why Clemons punched him, Clemons stated that he threw the punch because Adams illegally took him down from behind on an interception return.[7]

In 2000, he went to the Kansas City Chiefs, where he finished with 7.5 sacks and a career-best 56 tackles. The next year, 2001, he finished with 7.0 sacks and 48 tackles. In 2003, he found himself with the Cincinnati Bengals, where he recorded 6.0 sacks, a career-best 4 pass deflections, and 42 tackles. In 2004, he finished with 6.5 sacks and 49 tackles.

On September 8, 2008, Clemons signed with the

practice roster, but was released by the team on September 15, 2008.[9]
He is currently the defensive line coach for the MidAmerica Nazarene University Pioneers.

References

  1. ^ "Duane Clemons". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  2. ^ "Duane Clemons". nfl.com. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  3. ^ "Duane Clemons". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  4. ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "duane clemons punches flozell adams". YouTube.
  6. ^ "ESPN.com - NFL - Clemons punched Cowboys' Adams below belt".
  7. ^ "Big Blue bull's-eye on Cowboys lineman Flozell Adams". New York Daily News.
  8. ^ "ARGOS ADD NINE". 2008-09-08. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  9. ^ "Argonauts add former East all-star Strickland". cbc.ca. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
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