George Clinkscale

Height:
6-0
Weight:
225
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Cedar Hill, Texas
High School:
Cedar Hill HS

Tulsa -- A three-year letterwinner and two-year starter . . . has played in 41 career games . . . has played both linebacker and defensive end during his career . . . started the 2008 season at defensive end, but moved to linebacker . . . has 21 career starts, including seven in 2007 at defensive end, one at linebacker, and 13 in the 2008 campaign at linebacker . . . 2008 -- Played and started in 13 of 14 games . . . missed the North Texas game with an injury . . . had 53 tackles and six stops for -29 yards . . . had seven tackles and one stop for -2 yards vs. Houston . . . totaled four stops, including 1.5 tackles for -6 yards against Arkansas . . . had a season-high seven stops vs. Central Arkansas . . . totaled six tackles and recovered two fumbles against UCF . . . 2007 -- Played in 13 games and started eight contests . . . began the season at linebacker, starting the opener against UL-Monroe . . . moved to defensive end and started the Marshall, SMU, Tulane, Houston, Army, UCF and Bowling Green games at defensive end . . . missed the Rice game with an injury . . . totaled 22 tackles and 3.5 stops for -16 yards on the year . . . had a season-best eight tackles vs. Tulane, including one stop for -2 yards . . . 2006 -- Played in the first three games . . . missed the rest of the season with an injury . . . totaled five tackles . . . 2005 -- Was one of five true freshmen to earn a letter . . . saw playing time in 12 games . . . had 12 tackles and 2.5 stops for -8 yards . . . had three stops vs. UTEP . . . also tallied three tackles vs. North Texas, including one stop for -6 yards . . . named to C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll . . . Overall -- Missed the spring campaign with an injury . . . possesses explosive strength . . . has good quickness and agility . . . a versatile athlete.

High School -- Was a two-year letterwinner and starter at Cedar Hill High School . . . had 159 career tackles, including 12 sacks and 37 stops for lost yardage . . . also caused seven fumbles and recovered five fumbles in his career . . . totaled 89 tackles and 26 for lost yardage as a senior . . . . was a second-team all-district performer his senior season, and earned honorable mention merits as a junior . . . was selected to participate in the Coca Cola All-Star Game . . . was his team's Defensive MVP as a senior . . . tallied 70 stops and had 11 stops for lost yardage during his junior season . . . also lettered two years in track and three years in power-lifting . . . high school coach was Joey McGuire.

Personal -- Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys . . . his favorite NFL player is Ray Lewis . . . lists Stevie Wonder as his favorite musician . . . Michael Jordan is his favorite pro athlete . . . his cousin, Dexter Clinkscale, played for the Dallas Cowboys . . . his brother, Marcus Herford, played football at Kansas . . . has volunteered for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization . . . parents are George Clinkscale and Coyletta Govan . . . majoring in exercise sports science.

Clinkscale's Career Statistics
Defense	        G	UT	AT	Tot	Loss	Sack	FR	FF	PBU	INT
2005 (Fr)	12	9	3	12	2.5/-8	0.5/-1	0	0	0       0
2006 (Hardship)	3	0	5	5	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0
2007 (So)	13	9	13	22	3.5/-16	1/-11	0	0	0	0
2008 (Jr)	13	17	36	53	6/-29	2/-17	2	0	2	0
Totals	        41	25	58	98	12/-53	3.5/-29	2	0	2	0