Deonte Clyburn

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
230
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
Saint Xavier HS

Career Highs:

Tackles: 12- UNLV, 2015

2017 (Senior): Missed the 2017 season with health issues.

2016 (Redshirt): Missed the 2016 season with health issues.

2015 (Junior): Played in all 13 games and started the final seven after being inserted as the starter at middle linebacker for CSU's win over Air Force (10/17)... Ranked fourth on the team with 69 tackles (35 solo), including 0.5 sack and 7.0 tackles for loss (5th on team)... Added two forced fumbles... Averaged 9.8 tackles per game during his first four starts.

Forced a fumble to set up a CSU field goal against Minnesota (9/12).
Recorded 10 total tackles (five solo) in his first start of the season, against Air Force (10/17).
Registered a team-best 11 tackles (four solo) against San Diego State (10/31).
Posted seven tackles in addition to a forced fumble in CSU's Border War victory at Wyoming (11/7).
Recorded a career-high and team-best 12 total tackles (seven solo), including two tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry, in a win over UNLV (11/14).
Generated a team-high nine tackles (seven solo), including a tackle for loss at New Mexico (11/21).

2014 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games, recording 20 tackles (10 solo), while primarily playing on special teams.

Chosen to serve as a game captain for the Rams' home opener against UC Davis (9/13)... Totaled four tackles in the win.
Posted a season-most five tackles, including a half tackle for loss, during CSU's regular-season finale at Air Force (11/28).
Registered two solo stops in the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl vs. Utah (12/20).

2013 (Freshman): Compiled 13 tackles (five solo) in 13 games for the Rams, making his first career start vs. UTEP (9/28) before injuring his knee, causing him to miss the next game vs. San Jose State.

Made his collegiate debut against in-state rival Colorado (9/1), recording two tackles.
Made his first start at middle linebacker in a win over UTEP (9/28), registering a season-high-tying three tackles.
Tied his season-best performance with three tackles in the Rams’ blowout victory against Air Force (11/30).

High School:

Is a 2013 graduate of Xavier High School in Louisville, Ky.
Registered 105 total tackles as a senior in 2012 while helping the Tigers to an 8-5 record and a trip to the third round of the Kentucky 6A state playoffs... Lost in the playoffs to eventual state champion Trinity, 15-14, in a rematch of an early-season matchup and the previous year’s third-round playoff meeting.
Named first-team all-district and 2012 Associated Press first-team All-Kentucky following his senior campaign.
Named his team's Defensive Most Valuable Player by the coaching staff.
As a junior in 2011, racked up 88 tackles in an 8-5 campaign, which ended in the third round of the Kentucky 6A state playoffs.
Earned his first postseason honors in 2011, being named first-team all-district and all-state honorable mention.
Served as a team captain in 2012.
Head football coach was Mike Glaser... Played for former CSU assistant strength coach Rashad Harris.
Rated as a two-star prospect by Rivals and Scout.

Personal: Born Oct. 19, 1994 in Louisville, Ky. ... Parents are Katrina Clyburn and Perry Mitchell... Has seven brothers and sisters... Majoring in communication studies.