Corey Clement

Corey Clement
Wisconsin Badgers No. 6
Position Running back
Class Senior
Major Community and Nonprofit Leadership
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Glassboro (NJ)
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-02) November 2, 1994
Place of birth Glassboro, New Jersey
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 219 lb (99 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Big Ten Freshman of the Week (2013)
  • Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (2014)
  • First Team All-Big Ten (2016)

Corey Joel Clement (born November 2, 1994) is an American football running back for the Wisconsin Badgers.

Early years

Clement attended Glassboro High School in Glassboro, New Jersey. During his career he rushed for 6,245 yards, 34 rushing touchdowns and 90 total touchdowns.[1] In track & field, Clement posted a time of 11.76 seconds in the 100-meter dash as a senior.[2] He was ranked by Rivals.com as a four star recruit and the 17th best running back in his class.[3] He originally committed to the University of Pittsburgh to play college football but changed to the University of Wisconsin.[4][5]

College career

Clement played in 12 games as a true freshman. As a backup to James White and Melvin Gordon during the 2013 season, he rushed for 547 yards on 67 carries with seven touchdowns.[6][7] As a sophomore in 2014, he again was the backup to Gordon.[8][9] Behind Melvin Gordon in 2014 Clement had 147 carries for 949 rushing yards and nine touchdowns; 14 receptions for 119 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

The 2015 season was the first year where Clement was Wisconsin's featured running back after Melvin Gordon elected to declare for the 2015 NFL Draft following his redshirt junior season. Just prior to the first game of the season against Alabama in Dallas, Clement injured his groin. Throughout the game against Alabama Clement was sparingly used, with 8 carries for 16 yards and 2 receptions for 19 yards. He missed the next two games, against Miami (OH) and Troy, with the groin injury before it was announced that he would miss a further four to six weeks after he would receive a sports hernia surgery. He was projected to be able to play in the last three games of the regular season with his first game back being November 7 against Maryland.[10] In late September Clement traveled to Munich, Germany for his sports hernia surgery, which would be performed by renowned specialist Ulrike Muschaweck.[11]

College statistics

Rushing Receiving
Year Team GP Att Yards Avg TDs Avg/G Rec Yards TDs
2013 Wisconsin 11 67 547 8.16 7 49.73 1 9 0
2014 Wisconsin 14 147 949 6.46 9 67.79 14 119 2
2015 Wisconsin 2 19 131 6.9 3 65.5 2 19 0
College Totals 26 222 1,512 6.81 16 58.15 17 147 2

Source:[12]

College awards/honors

2016 season
2014 season
2013 season

References

  1. ↑ Jeff Potrykus. "UW freshman Corey Clement looks for spot in RB rotation". jsonline.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gloucester County Championship". NJ MileSplit. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Corey Clement". yahoo.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Glassboro running back Corey Clement commits to Pittsburgh". NJ.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Corey Clement commits to Wisconsin". philly-archives. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Wisconsin Badgers RB Corey Clement ready for bigger impact 2014 - Big Ten Blog - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Fox Sports. "Most Important Wisconsin Badgers No. 3: Corey Clement". FOX Sports. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Jeff Potrykus. "Position-by-position: Running backs - UW's Melvin Gordon, Corey Clement will carry running load". jsonline.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Andy Baggot - Wisconsin State Journal (6 August 2014). "Badgers football: Corey Clement expects more in second season". madison.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Fox Sports. "Badgers RB Corey Clement to have surgery; out four-six weeks". FOX Sports. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  11. ↑ Badgers football: Corey Clement travels to Germany to receive surgery from world-renowned sports hernia doctor JASON GALLOWAY Wisconsin State Journal Sep 30, 2015. Date accessed: Sep 30, 2015
  12. ↑ "cfbstats.com - Corey Clement 2014 Player Statistics - Wisconsin Badgers". cfbstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. November 30, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.

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