Chase Clement
| Las Vegas Locomotives | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 11, 1986 San Antonio, Texas |
| Career information | |
| College: | Rice |
| Undrafted: | 2009 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Chase Austin Clement is a professional American football quarterback for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. He played college football for Rice.
College career
Clement and Rice wide receiver Jarett Dillard hold the NCAA Division I-A record for career touchdowns between a quarterback-receiver tandem with 51.[1] He also broke C-USA Conference passing records. He earned second-team All-Conference USA honors in 2007 after completing 59.1 percent of his passes for 3,377 yards with 29 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. Those numbers only improved in his first-team all-conference senior season: 66.5 percent for 4,119 yards, 44 touchdowns and seven interceptions. In his senior year, Clement earned the C-USA MVP honors and lead the Owls to their second bowl game in the last three years winning the 2008 Texas Bowl, he was named the MVP of the game.[2] Clement finished his college career with 125 career touchdowns (99 pass, 25 rush and 1 receiving). He is in sole possession of first place on the C-USA list for career TDs, also he owns the top spot for touchdown passes on the C-USA career list. Clement tied former Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart on the NCAA career Touchdown pass list with 99.[3]
Professional career
Clement was a prospect for the 2009 NFL Draft but he went undrafted.[4]
He was signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on June 2, 2009,[5] but retired on June 6, after one preseason practice.[6]
Clement was later signed by the Las Vegas Locomotives of the UFL. On November 6, Clement got his first action at quarterback. When the Locos were trailing the Sacramento Mountain Lions 21-0 at the half, head coach Jim Fassel benched starter Drew Willy and started Clement for the second half. Clement would lead a sensational comeback attempt, tying the game at 24 by leading the Locos to scores on his first four drives while scoring two rushing touchdowns. Sacramento would end up winning the game 27-24.
Clement led the Locomotives to a 23-20 victory over the Florida Tuskers in the second UFL championship game, and won the game MVP award.
The Houston Texans worked out Clement on November 21, 2011.
References
- ^ http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/clement_chase00.html
- ^ Rice Wins Texas Bowl Over Western Michigan, 38-14
- ^ 2008 Texas Bowl Post Game Notes
- ^ 2009 NFL Draft Bio
- ^ Clement Signs With CFL's Tiger-Cats
- ^ "Tiger-Cats Transactions". Hamilton Tiger-Cats. 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-06-06. [dead link]
Further reading
- Solomon, Jerome (June 19, 2009). "Rice's Clement decides CFL not for him". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-06-19.