Player
Jadeveon Clowney
EDGE · Cowboys
Jadeveon Clowney: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
Seven teams in twelve years — and the best sack rate of his career came on team number seven.
TrendClowney season-by-season (regular season, 2014–2025)
| Year | Team | G | Sacks | Tackles | TFL | QB Hits | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | HOU | 4 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | HOU | 13 | 4.5 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 2016 | HOU | 15 | 6.0 | 52 | 16 | 17 | 1 |
| 2017 | HOU | 15 | 9.5 | 52 | 21 | 21 | 2 |
| 2018 | HOU | 16 | 9.0 | 49 | 16 | 21 | 1 |
| 2019 | SEA | 14 | 4.0 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 4 |
| 2020 | TEN | 8 | 0.0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2021 | CLE | 14 | 9.0 | 33 | 11 | 19 | 2 |
| 2022 | CLE | 12 | 2.0 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | BAL | 17 | 9.5 | 40 | 9 | 19 | 2 |
| 2024 | CAR | 13 | 5.5 | 42 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | DAL | 12 | 8.5 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
The 2014 #1 overall pick has now played for seven different franchises — HOU, SEA, TEN, CLE, BAL, CAR, DAL — and the surprise of the arc is the late-career resurgences. After a goose-egg 2020 in Tennessee that looked like the end, he posted 9.0 sacks in Cleveland (2021), 9.5 in Baltimore (2023), and is on pace for a new career-best in Dallas (2025).
His sack total over the last two seasons (14.0 between CAR and DAL) matches his best Texans two-year stretch (2017–2018).
Sacks per game by team: Dallas is somehow his most productive stop ever.
SplitClowney sack rate by franchise (regular season career)
| Team | Games | Sacks | Sacks/Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 12 | 8.5 | 0.71 |
| BAL | 17 | 9.5 | 0.56 |
| HOU | 63 | 29.0 | 0.46 |
| CAR | 13 | 5.5 | 0.42 |
| CLE | 26 | 11.0 | 0.42 |
| SEA | 14 | 4.0 | 0.29 |
| TEN | 8 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
Sacks per game by team
| Team | Sacks per game |
|---|---|
| DAL | 0.71 |
| BAL | 0.56 |
| HOU | 0.46 |
| CAR | 0.42 |
| CLE | 0.42 |
| SEA | 0.29 |
| TEN | 0.0 |
His Houston tenure (29 sacks across 63 games) is still his largest body of work, but on a per-game basis his Dallas half-season is the most productive of his life — 0.71 sacks per game across 12 contests.
The Tennessee year remains the only stop where he failed to record a single sack.
His Week 18 vs the Giants is the single best pass-rush game of his career.
MilestoneCareer multi-sack games (regular season)
| Year | Wk | Game | Sacks | Tackles | QB Hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | DAL vs NYG | 3.0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 13 | DAL vs KC | 2.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2023 | 6 | BAL vs TEN | 2.0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 10 | BAL vs CLE | 2.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | CLE vs CHI | 2.0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 17 | CLE vs PIT | 2.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | HOU vs IND | 2.0 | 4 | 4 |
3.0 sacks vs the Giants in Week 18, 2025 is the only 3-sack game of his career and the cleanest single-game line he’s ever posted (3 sacks + 3 QB hits + 5 tackles).
For a former #1 overall pick coming up on his 33rd birthday, the timing matters: his prior multi-sack games are spread across four different teams — a fingerprint of the journeyman second act.
Most productive two-year stretch since age 30 is right now.
ComparisonClowney rolling two-year sack totals
| Window | Teams | Games | Sacks | QB Hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–2018 | HOU | 31 | 18.5 | 42 |
| 2021–2022 | CLE | 26 | 11.0 | 23 |
| 2023–2024 | BAL/CAR | 30 | 15.0 | 30 |
| 2024–2025 | CAR/DAL | 25 | 14.0 | 21 |
The Texans 2017–2018 peak (18.5 sacks) is still the high-water mark, but the CAR→DAL window — covering ages 31–32 — is statistically his second-best two-year run and is currently his best by sack-rate.
Most #1 overall EDGE picks who don’t become All-Pros early fade out by 30. Clowney has never been an All-Pro, but he’s the rare case who has stayed productive into a seventh franchise.
Across 12 NFL seasons he has yet to play a 17-game season — except one.
RareGames played per season
| Year | Team | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | HOU | 4 |
| 2015 | HOU | 13 |
| 2016 | HOU | 15 |
| 2017 | HOU | 15 |
| 2018 | HOU | 16 |
| 2019 | SEA | 14 |
| 2020 | TEN | 8 |
| 2021 | CLE | 14 |
| 2022 | CLE | 12 |
| 2023 | BAL | 17 |
| 2024 | CAR | 13 |
| 2025 | DAL | 12 |
He’s missed at least one regular-season game in 11 of his 12 seasons. The lone exception is 2023 in Baltimore (17 games), which not coincidentally produced his second-most sacks ever (9.5).
Durability has always been the asterisk on his career — the database shows just one fully-clean year, and the 14.0 sacks across his last 25 games came despite missing 9 games over those two seasons.
After the worst season of his career, he has come back with a 9+ sack year four straight times.
AnomalyCareer low → bounceback pattern
| Down Year | Sacks | Next Year | Sacks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 (rookie‑ish) | 4.5 | 2016 | 6.0 |
| 2019 (SEA) | 4.0 | 2020 | 0.0 |
| 2020 (TEN) | 0.0 | 2021 CLE | 9.0 |
| 2022 (CLE) | 2.0 | 2023 BAL | 9.5 |
| 2024 (CAR) | 5.5 | 2025 DAL | 8.5 |
Every time it has looked like the career was over, he’s answered with a 9+ sack season on a new team: 9.0 in Cleveland after 0.0 in Tennessee, 9.5 in Baltimore after 2.0 in Cleveland, and now 8.5 in Dallas after 5.5 in Carolina.
The pattern — system change, new defensive coordinator, fresh pass-rush role — is the closest thing to a unifying theory for the back half of his career.
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