Player
Micheal Clemons
DL · Jets
Micheal Clemons: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
4 seasons in New York, 8.5 career sacks — a rotational edge with one breakout year.
TrendClemons by season (all NYJ)
| Season | Tackles | Sacks | QB Hits | TFL | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 | 2.5 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 17 | 4.5 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
A 2022 4th-round pick out of Texas A&M (#117 overall), Clemons has been a rotational edge behind Will McDonald, Jermaine Johnson, and (until his trade) Bryce Huff. His role has fluctuated season-to-season — never a true starter, never deactivated.
Career line through 4 years: 8.5 sacks, 20 QB hits, 13 TFLs, 2 forced fumbles in roughly 35% snap share.
2024 breakout: 4.5 sacks in a part-time role — more than his first 2 seasons combined.
MilestoneCareer sacks year-over-year
| Season | Sacks | % of career to date |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 100% |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 17% |
| 2024 | 4.5 | 61% |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 12% |
After a near-invisible 2023 (0.5 sacks), Clemons jumped to 4.5 sacks in 2024 — a personal best by 2 full sacks. The 8 QB hits that year were also a career high.
The 2024 line set up his 2025 contract conversation — but the slow start (1.0 sack in 9 games) has muddied the picture.
2023 disappeared: 0.5 sacks in 14 games — career rock bottom between two productive seasons.
AnomalySandwiched between 2.5-sack and 4.5-sack seasons, Clemons' 2023 line (0.5 sacks, 1 QB hit, 2 TFLs) is a clear outlier downward. The Jets' edge rotation that year prioritized Jermaine Johnson and Bryce Huff (10.0 sacks), which collapsed Clemons' snap share to a career low.
The rebound in 2024 (after Huff left for Philadelphia) confirms the diagnosis: 2023 was about opportunity, not ability.
3 TFLs in 9 games this year — already projecting to his career-high TFL pace.
SplitThrough 9 games of 2025, Clemons has logged 3 TFLs — a per-game rate of 0.33, slightly above his career rate (~0.27 TFLs/game). Across a full 17-game season, that pace projects to ~5.6 TFLs, which would be a new career high.
The sack number has lagged (only 1.0), but the run-stop production has held up even as the Jets defense has been one of the league's worst in 2025.
2 forced fumbles in 4 years — same as Jermaine Johnson, who plays 2x the snaps.
ComparisonForced fumbles are a per-snap stat more than a per-game stat, and Clemons' 2 FFs across 4 years are notable on a per-snap basis: he generates a FF roughly every 400 snaps, which is competitive with the Jets' top edges.
For a Round 4 part-time edge, that's a useful niche — when he's on the field, he disrupts ball security at the same per-snap rate as the team's full-time starters.
3 years removed from Round 4 — still on the team that drafted him in a league where 60% of R4 picks are gone by year 3.
RareOf 2022 Round 4 picks (32 total), roughly 40% are still on the team that drafted them entering Year 4. Clemons sits in that group — a stable, reliable rotational piece who hasn't graduated to starter or washed out into journeyman status.
With his rookie deal expiring after 2025, the Jets' offseason decision will be between a low-cost extension, a tender, or letting him walk to free agency. The 2024 breakout justifies a hold; the 2025 dip complicates the price.
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