PFF scouting report: Chunky Clements, Edge, Illinois

Name: Jarrod “Chunky” Clements

School: Illinois

Position fit: 3-technique

Stats to know: 50 total QB pressures and six batted passes in the last three seasons.

What he does best:

Penetrates into the backfield from a 3-technique alignment.
Wins with his quickness into gaps.
Disrupts the back side of runs well.
Better as a pursuit defender than a take-on defender.
Stays involved in plays and will look to chase plays down.
Effective swim move from the 3-technique alignment.
He can win with a bull rush even though he normally relies on quickness.

Biggest concern:

Only played 56.5 percent of defensive snaps in 2016.
Gets sealed off on the backside of runs too often.
Ends up on the turf far too often. Poor balance ratio.
Gets moved to the second level by double teams.
Struggled to hold up when aligned at the 1-tech.
Can take himself out of plays by getting too deep in the backfield.
Had four games in which he did not record a pressure.

Bottom line: Clements largely played the 3-technique defensive tackle — lined up over the guard’s outside shoulder — for the Illini. Clements measured 6-foot-2 and weighed 300 pounds at the combine but he plays even smaller than that. Clements also played further inside at the 1-technique but his penetrating style plus his lack of ideal nose tackle size make him better suited to playing the 3-technique position in the NFL. Clements is a pursuit defender who is better on the back-side of runs where he can use his quickness to make plays. Clements can provide back-up snaps in a defense that values an undersized and quick penetrating defensive tackle, but he has not produced at a high level in our three years of grading and his work against better offensive linemen in the run game is worrisome.

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