2019: Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the Spring 2020 semester ... Appeared in 10 games, starting in six, on defense and special teams … Finished the season with 11 total tackles, finishing with at least one tackle in seven different games … Nine of his 11 total tackles were solo tackles … Put up a season-best two tackles twice, against American International (Sep. 21) and Franklin Pierce (Nov. 1) … Led the team with a pair of defensive touchdowns … Scored his first six points as the opening points against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut (Oct. 19) when he recovered a blocked punt in the end zone … In the next game against Franklin Pierce (Nov. 1), recovered his second fumble of the season, returning this one 85 yards to the house … His first fumble of the season came on the road at Bentley (Sep 27) … Also recorded a pair of pass breakups. Â
2018: Appeared in all 12 games, starting once … Finished the season among the top-10 on the team with 37 tackles, 27 of which were solo … Finished with at least one tackle in all 12 games … Also had an interception in the season opener against Bryant (Sep. 1) which he returned 62 yards for his first pick-six … Finished that game with three tackles including his only tackle for loss … Set a season-high with five tackles, four of which were solo, against Assumption (Oct. 20).
2017: Played in seven games … Tallied 20 total tackles…Finished four games with multiple tackles, including a career-high nine in the NE10 opener against LIU Post (Sept. 9) … Opened the season with four tackles, all solo stops, on the road at Shaw (Sep. 2) … Finished with at least one tackles in six of the seven games he played.
2016: Appeared in five games for the Chargers … Recorded three tackles.
High School: Played football, basketball and ran track at Ledyard High School ... Twice named All-State as a running back and also received All-State honors in indoor track ... All-New England in the long jump in track.
Personal: Son of James Clanton and Showneen Vetzel ... Has two brothers, Walter and James, and three sisters, Jaecianna, Jaelynn and Jaearra.
