2008 (Redshirt Junior): One of just five Golden Panthers to start every contest...sixth on the team and third among returners with 49 tackles...opened the season with four tackles, two unassisted at Kansas (8/30)...at Iowa (9/6) recorded two tackles... had three tackles vs. USF (9/20)... at Toledo (9/27) totaled four tackles, two solo... made two unassisted stops at North Texas (10/4)... vs. Middle Tennessee made five stops, one unassisted and one for a loss of one yard...at Troy (10/18) recorded a career-high eight tackles, four of them solo...made six unassisted stops at Louisiana (11/1)...vs. Arkansas State (11/8) made four tackles, two unassisted...vs. ULM (11/22) recorded seven tackles, four of them unassisted...in the Shula Bowl against FAU (11/29) made four stops, half of them solo.
2007 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw playing time in nine games as a backup linebacker and on special teams...totaled five tackles, including one for a loss...vs. FAU (11/24): Made a season-high two tackles, including one for a loss of a yard...saw playing time but did not record any tackles vs. UL (11/17), at Arkansas State (11/3), at Arkansas (10/27) and vs. Troy (10/6)...at Middle Tennessee (9/29): Recorded one solo tackle...at Kansas (9/22): Made one solo tackle...vs. Penn State (9/1): Registered an assisted tackle.
2006 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw action in 11 games on the year as a backup linebacker and on special teams...finished the year with 12 total tackles (eight unassisted)...collected a personal-high five stops (four solo) against Louisiana-Monroe (11/11)...saw extended playing time against Alabama (10/30) and recorded four tackles...credited with two tackles versus Louisiana-Lafayette (11/18) and another at Miami (10/14).
2005 (Freshman): Worked with the linebackers on the scout team and did not compete.
Gulf Coast High School: A scholar student-athlete who played four seasons of football for head coach Frank Tudryn...team captain as a senior who was a first-team all-county performer, named first-team all-district and an honorable mention all-region member in 2004...awarded team trophy for Defensive MVP and Hit Man...member of the Sharks wrestling team as a freshman...participated with the ROTC for three years and recognized with inclusion in the National Honor Society as a junior and senior...nominated to attend the National Youth Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. as a junior.
Personal: Born June 15, 1987...selected FIU over interest by Florida Atlantic, USF and UCF...son of Mike and Tina Clawson...an active community volunteer who has coached numerous youth sports teams, worked with the Naples Homeless Shelter, Youth Haven and 30-Hour Famine...member of the FIU Dean’s List and the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll...criminal justice major.
