2024: Played in nine games with eight starts on the defensive line … Led the team with 9.5 tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with three sacks … Finished the year with 24 tackles … Opened year with sack and forced fumble against Wilmington (Sept. 7) … Other forced fumble came at Oberlin (Oct. 26) … A week prior, had four tackles for loss against Ohio Wesleyan (Oct. 19) … Logged a high of seven tackles against Ohio Wesleyan … Third sack was registered against Wabash (Oct. 5).
2023: A regular starter and one of the team’s top defensive linemen … Led the team with five sacks, all of which came over the final four games of the year … Finished year with 27 tackles and six tackles for loss … Logged a 25-yard pick-six in win over Kenyon (Sept. 23), where Wooster scored the fourth-most points in program history since six points started being awarded for touchdowns … Logged a season-high eight tackles at Ohio Wesleyan (Sept. 16) … Logged two sacks versus Hiram (Oct. 28) and followed that up with a nine-yard sack versus Oberlin (Nov. 4), when Wooster set the single-game program record by holding the Yeomen to negative 20 rushing yards … Capped year with a 15-yard sack at Wittenberg (Nov. 11).
2022: Played in eight games … Logged 20 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery … Made three tackles, forced a fumble, and had a recovery against Hiram (Sept. 10) ... Made a season-high four tackles at Kenyon (Oct. 15) and followed that up with four versus Hilbert (Oct. 22) ... Had a 21-yard tackle for loss at Geneva (Sept. 3) in season-opening win.
2021: A regular on the defensive line, playing in all 10 games, two of which were starts … Ranked third among defensive linemen with 29 tackles … Also had two tackles for loss and a fumble recovery … Opened year with season-high eight tackles against Geneva (Sept. 4) … Had five tackles in back-to-back games against Ohio Wesleyan (Sept. 18) and DePauw (Sept. 25) … Returned fumble recovery 39 yards against Allegheny (Nov. 6).
2020-21: Saw time in both exhibition contests … Tallied four tackles with two each in exhibition games against DePauw (March 13) and Ohio Wesleyan (April 2).
Prior to Wooster: Two-time all-region selection as a linebacker while attending Bluestone High School.
Personal: Parents are Neil and Lorena Clayton … Communication sciences and disorders major … Member of Men of Harambee student organization.
