2022 Football Roster
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Clinkscales, CJ

Jersey Number 26
CJ Clinkscales
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 175
- Hometown:
- Buford, Ga.
- High School:
- Buford
Bio
2022 (Freshman): Redshirted the season.
High School: Three-star recruit by Rivals … rated the No. 10 athlete in Georgia by 247Sports … rated the No. 7 running back in Georgia by Rivals … named Georgia's 8-AAAAAA Athlete of the Year … finished his senior season by winning the state title, the third time in his high school career that Buford won the state championship … 826 yards rushing and eight touchdowns as a senior … 22 tackles, two sacks, two TFLs and five pass breakups on defense … first-team all-conference, all-region and all-county as a senior … three-time state champion … competed in track & field as a sprinter and long jumper … all-county in track & field … finished sixth in long jump at state championship.
Personal: Son of Craig and Deborah Clinkscales … relative of NBA players Larry Nance and Larry Nance Jr., former NFL and NC State player Rick Bell, former Clemson football player CJ Fuller and a pair of former minor league baseball players Lester Clinkscales and Sherard Clinkscales (first round pick) ... computer science major ... recipient of the Bruce Richardson and Ellen Slaby Flynn Fund Scholarship.
High School: Three-star recruit by Rivals … rated the No. 10 athlete in Georgia by 247Sports … rated the No. 7 running back in Georgia by Rivals … named Georgia's 8-AAAAAA Athlete of the Year … finished his senior season by winning the state title, the third time in his high school career that Buford won the state championship … 826 yards rushing and eight touchdowns as a senior … 22 tackles, two sacks, two TFLs and five pass breakups on defense … first-team all-conference, all-region and all-county as a senior … three-time state champion … competed in track & field as a sprinter and long jumper … all-county in track & field … finished sixth in long jump at state championship.
Personal: Son of Craig and Deborah Clinkscales … relative of NBA players Larry Nance and Larry Nance Jr., former NFL and NC State player Rick Bell, former Clemson football player CJ Fuller and a pair of former minor league baseball players Lester Clinkscales and Sherard Clinkscales (first round pick) ... computer science major ... recipient of the Bruce Richardson and Ellen Slaby Flynn Fund Scholarship.
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