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Originally Posted by BWillie
Jadeveon Clowney is a joke. He was drafted purely on potential and because of a viral video. Look at results
His last year in college he had 3 sacks. Count em. THREE. 1 forced fumble, 29 solo tackles. Last year in the pros? Only 4 games, but still NO sacks, NO forced fumbles. There hasn't been production, yet.
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And the year before that, he had 13. He was a top 10 Heisman finisher BEFORE the viral video you reference.
2013, he did not produce as expected, but there were a lot of factors there.
He had some injuries (knee and sports hernia - the same knee that he had repaired last year). He was affected a few game by severe virus/flu symptoms. Teams game-planned specifically to stay away from him and not let him affect the game. Spurrier called him out in the media because he said he couldn't play one game (in which he was dehydrated and weak from dealing with the flu).
And yeah, he probably was a little checked out, knowing that he was a sure fire top pick no matter what happened in the 2013 season.
He's still a prodigiously talented guy who has the benefit, for the first time in his playing career, of playing on a team with enough other defensive talent that he won't be the focal point of opposing offense's game plans.
If Clowney is healthy, he'll be a handful this year.