Jarques McClellion - Football - Arkansas Razorbacks

#4 Jarques McClellion

DB | R-Jr | 6-0 | 188 | Lake Worth, Fla. | American Heritage School

2019 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in all 12 games for the Razorbacks in 2019, starting all but one against Mississippi State at cornerback … Totaled 799 snaps over the course of the season, with 725 coming in defensive coverages, the second most of any player on the team last year … Recorded 34 total tackles, 21 solo, with four pass breakups and an interception coming against Portland State in the season opener with 7:17 left in the third quarter, Arkansas’ second INT of the year … Tallied at least one stop in every game in 2019, with eight multi-tackle performances … Posted five tackles in three-straight games, doing so against Colorado State (Sept. 14), San Jose State (Sept. 21) and Texas A&M (Sept. 28), which finished as his top individual tackling games of the year … Secured four solo stops against the Rams, his highest total of the season, earning him an 80.8 tackling grade from Pro Football Focus, his best of the season … Finished the year with four tackles in two of the last three games vs. Western Kentucky (Nov. 9) and at LSU (Nov. 23).

2018 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in all 12 games for the Razorbacks as a redshirt freshman, starting nine at the cornerback spot … Totaled 701 snaps, 606 in defensive coverage, according to Pro Football Focus, while also seeing time on Arkansas’ special teams units … Recorded 25 tackles, 21 solo, while also getting credit for seven pass breakups … Opened the season with one stop vs. Eastern Illinois before racking up four, all solo, the next week at Colorado State … Tallied two tackles in each of the next two games against North Texas and in the SEC opener at Auburn, then put together another four-tackle day vs. Texas A&M on Sept. 29 in Arlington … Hit a season-high five tackles, another all solo game, in Little Rock against Ole Miss … Notched two more multi-tackle performances in the home finale vs. LSU with three and on the road in the final game of the year at Missouri with two … Began the year with five-straight games with PFF tackling grades over 73.0, with a high of 79.1 at Colorado State … Earned his highest overall defensive grade from the outlet in the season finale, piecing together a mark of 70.2 behind a 76.2 tackling grade … Part of a defensive crew that racked up 882 total tackles over the course of the 2018 campaign.

2017 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted during initial year with the program.

HIGH SCHOOL: Consensus three-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals, Scout and 247Sports … Rated the No. 53 cornerback in the class of 2017 and No. 17 corner in the South by Scout … ESPN tabbed him the No. 62 cornerback with a scout grade of 77 … Ranked the No. 89 cornerback and No. 113 player in the state of Florida by 247Sports Composite … Won the 2017 Brandon Flowers Defensive Player of the Year Award, which is named after his cousin who currently plays in the NFL for the Los Angeles Chargers … Earned an invite to the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl held in Jacksonville … Named to the Sun-Sentinel Super 11 prior to the season … Earned all-area recognition … Totaled 46 tackles and 21 pass breakups as a senior … Also had four receiving touchdowns … Helped lead American Heritage High School to the 2015 Florida 3A state championship game and a 10-3 record … Had eight interceptions and 45 tackles as a junior … Selected Arkansas over Florida, Louisville, Michigan State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, Purdue, Maryland, Syracuse, Boston College, California and others.

PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 3, 1997 … Son of Tamika and Central McClellion … Father, Central, played football at Ohio State … Undecided on a major … Cousin of Brandon Flowers, who played cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers.