2021 Football Roster
Clayton, Ashaad
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Jersey Number 0
Ashaad Clayton
- Position:
- Tailback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
- High School:
- Warren Easton
Bio
AT COLORADO: 2020 (Fr.)—Played in three games in the regular season while dressing for all five in his first season … Finished the season with seven carries for 31 yards and two touchdowns … Had his first offensive touch against Stanford … At Arizona, had four rushes for 24 yards and two touchdowns while also adding a 17-yard scamper and was CU's Pac-12 Freshman of the Week nominee … Had two rushes for four yards against Utah in the regular season finale.
HIGH SCHOOL—A consensus four-star, top 300 prospect by the recruiting services, 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN and PrepStar … USA Today ranked him as the No. 139 player nationally on its Top 250 list … A PrepStar All-American, he ranked as the No. 151 player nationally … 247Sports listed him as the No. 180 recruit nationally with a rating of 91, the No. 16 running back in the class and No. 5 player from Louisiana … Rivals rates him at 5.8 as the No. 17 running back in the class and No. 10 player from Louisiana … The 247 Composite rates him a .9175 as the No. 217 player nationally, the No. 18 running back and No. 7 player from Louisiana … He was named to the Louisiana Class 4A Sports All-Decade team … In four years under coach Jerry Phillips at Warren Easton, he helped the team to a 42-17 record, including a 14-4 mark in 4A-Division 11 play … As a senior, he helped Warren Easton to a 9-5 record and runner-up finish as Warren Easton fell 35-34 in the State Championship Game … Despite playing sparingly in the beginning of the season recovering from a knee injury, he still finished the regular season with 92 carries for 1,078 yards and 14 touchdowns … As a result, Warren Easton started the season 1-4 before going on an eight-game win streak … In the five playoff games, he ran 100 times for 1,186 yards and 18 touchdowns, giving him 202 carries for 2,264 yards and 32 touchdowns on the season … As a junior when Warren Easton went 12-3, he had 61 carries for 683 yards and nine touchdowns, missing the middle part of the season due to injury … As a freshman, he had 38 carries for 371 yards and five touchdowns to help Warren Easton to an 11-5 record … He was at his best in the last five games of his career, when Warren Easton entered the Louisiana State Playoffs as the No. 20 seed and proceeded to knock off No. 13 Peabody, No. 4 Tioga, No. 5 Carencro and No. 1 Lakeshore in consecutive weeks before falling to No. 3 Edna Karr in the title game … Against Peabody, he had 10 rushes for 190 yards and three touchdowns … Against Tioga, he had 27 carries for 268 yards and four touchdowns … Against Carencro, he had 21 carries for 237 yards and four touchdowns … Against Lakeshore, he had 20 carries for 283 yards and four touchdowns … Against Edna Karr in his final game, he had 32 carries for 208 yards and three touchdowns as Warren Easton mounted a furious comeback that came just short on a 2-point conversion with just 1:09 left after driving 99-yards to bring the game to 35-34 before the conversion … Earlier in the season, he had nine rushes for 188 yards and three touchdowns in a 50-12 win over Eleanor McMain and followed that up with eight carries for 191 yards and four touchdowns, all in the first half, in a 77-0 win over Lucher … His junior season, he opened the season with 15 carries for 155 yards and a touchdown and then closed the season with 14 carries for 258 yards and three touchdowns against Leesville … He had a huge game against Belle Chasse his freshman year, where he had nine carries for 124 yards and two touchdowns in a 54-27 victory … He also ran track & field at Warren Easton … His personal bests are 11.0 in the 100-meters and 23.0 in the 200-meters … He’s been clocked at 4.42 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in Business at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born February 16, 2002 in New Orleans … His mom is Andrea Johnson … Enjoys playing video games, hanging out with friends, listening to music, dancing and running track in his spare time.
RUSHING High Games RECEIVING High Games
Season G Att Yds Avg. TD Long Att Yds No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds
2020 3 7 31 4.4 2 17 4 24 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
HIGH SCHOOL—A consensus four-star, top 300 prospect by the recruiting services, 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN and PrepStar … USA Today ranked him as the No. 139 player nationally on its Top 250 list … A PrepStar All-American, he ranked as the No. 151 player nationally … 247Sports listed him as the No. 180 recruit nationally with a rating of 91, the No. 16 running back in the class and No. 5 player from Louisiana … Rivals rates him at 5.8 as the No. 17 running back in the class and No. 10 player from Louisiana … The 247 Composite rates him a .9175 as the No. 217 player nationally, the No. 18 running back and No. 7 player from Louisiana … He was named to the Louisiana Class 4A Sports All-Decade team … In four years under coach Jerry Phillips at Warren Easton, he helped the team to a 42-17 record, including a 14-4 mark in 4A-Division 11 play … As a senior, he helped Warren Easton to a 9-5 record and runner-up finish as Warren Easton fell 35-34 in the State Championship Game … Despite playing sparingly in the beginning of the season recovering from a knee injury, he still finished the regular season with 92 carries for 1,078 yards and 14 touchdowns … As a result, Warren Easton started the season 1-4 before going on an eight-game win streak … In the five playoff games, he ran 100 times for 1,186 yards and 18 touchdowns, giving him 202 carries for 2,264 yards and 32 touchdowns on the season … As a junior when Warren Easton went 12-3, he had 61 carries for 683 yards and nine touchdowns, missing the middle part of the season due to injury … As a freshman, he had 38 carries for 371 yards and five touchdowns to help Warren Easton to an 11-5 record … He was at his best in the last five games of his career, when Warren Easton entered the Louisiana State Playoffs as the No. 20 seed and proceeded to knock off No. 13 Peabody, No. 4 Tioga, No. 5 Carencro and No. 1 Lakeshore in consecutive weeks before falling to No. 3 Edna Karr in the title game … Against Peabody, he had 10 rushes for 190 yards and three touchdowns … Against Tioga, he had 27 carries for 268 yards and four touchdowns … Against Carencro, he had 21 carries for 237 yards and four touchdowns … Against Lakeshore, he had 20 carries for 283 yards and four touchdowns … Against Edna Karr in his final game, he had 32 carries for 208 yards and three touchdowns as Warren Easton mounted a furious comeback that came just short on a 2-point conversion with just 1:09 left after driving 99-yards to bring the game to 35-34 before the conversion … Earlier in the season, he had nine rushes for 188 yards and three touchdowns in a 50-12 win over Eleanor McMain and followed that up with eight carries for 191 yards and four touchdowns, all in the first half, in a 77-0 win over Lucher … His junior season, he opened the season with 15 carries for 155 yards and a touchdown and then closed the season with 14 carries for 258 yards and three touchdowns against Leesville … He had a huge game against Belle Chasse his freshman year, where he had nine carries for 124 yards and two touchdowns in a 54-27 victory … He also ran track & field at Warren Easton … His personal bests are 11.0 in the 100-meters and 23.0 in the 200-meters … He’s been clocked at 4.42 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in Business at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born February 16, 2002 in New Orleans … His mom is Andrea Johnson … Enjoys playing video games, hanging out with friends, listening to music, dancing and running track in his spare time.
RUSHING High Games RECEIVING High Games
Season G Att Yds Avg. TD Long Att Yds No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds
2020 3 7 31 4.4 2 17 4 24 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
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