Clay Jones

West Virginia

Nov 8 (Sat)

10 a.m.

Position:
Fullback
Height:
6-0
Weight:
220
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Palo Alto, Calif.
High School:
St. Francis

AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.) - He enters the fall listed second at fullback; primarily a blocking role, he did catch two passes for 25 yards and rushed once for a four-yard gain in main scrimmage action before he was sidelined the last two weeks with a fractured finger (April 2; he had surgery eight days later).

2013 (Soph.) - He played in the first two games of the season, but in the second game against Central Arkansas, he suffered a severe neck strain and was sidelined the remainder of the year, limited to conditioning and light contact work by the end of the year. He was moved to offense from inside linebacker prior to spring practice.

2012 (Fr.-RS) - He saw action in four games (no starts, the middle four of the season), including one on defense; that was at Southern California when he was in for four plays where he recorded one solo tackle. He was in all four on special teams and recorded two wedge breaks.

2011 (Fr.) - Redshirted; he practiced the entire fall at the inside linebacker spots. He joined the team as a walk-on after the first game of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL - As a senior, he was named first-team All-Western Catholic Athletic League by the Palo Alto News, the San Jose Mercury News and the league’s coaches; he also served as a captain in the Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Game. As a junior, the Los Altos News named him the top newcomer in the WCAL. As a senior, he recorded 100 tackles with four quarterback sacks, broke up seven passes and had five forced fumbles playing inside linebacker. His junior campaign, he had 50 tackles with a pair of sacks, three pass break-ups and two forced fumbles. He also played fullback and was a long snapper. He had over 200 tackles playing on the junior varsity as a freshman and sophomore. Under coaches Mike Mitchell and Nick Navarro, St. Francis compiled a 15-8-1 record (9-4 as a junior, 6-4-1 as a senior) in his two seasons on the varsity and advanced to the CIF Central Coast Section championship game his junior season, a moment he lists as the biggest of his prep career. He also lettered four times in lacrosse, named an Adidas All-American as a senior, and also played basketball.

ACADEMICS - He is majoring in Economics at Colorado.

PERSONAL - He was born May 28, 1993 in Palo Alto, Calif. His hobbies include white water kayaking and he has volunteered as a basketball coach for the Special Olympics. An older brother, Colin, plays club lacrosse at Arizona.