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2021 Football Roster

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21 Kenan Clarke

  • Position Cornerback
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 188
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Pickering, Ontario
  • Highschool Lake Forest Academy

Biography

As a senior (2021)

• Recorded 33 tackles (28 solo) with 2,5 tackles for loss, a sack, an interception and seven pass breakups in 10 starts.
• Broke up two passes and added five solo stops in the season-opening loss to No. 22 VMI.
• Had four stops at Yale and three more with a pass breakup at Bucknell.
• Made five stops and broke up a pass at No. 22 Harvard.
• Recorded an interception, six total tackles and a pass breakup against Brown.
• Notched four tackles against No. 15 Princeton.
• Posted one tackle and a pair of pass breakups in the win over Penn.
• Made four tackles with 0.5 tackles for loss.

As a senior (2020)

• Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

As a junior (2019)

• Notched 14 tackles with a half-tackle for loss, an interception and a pass breakup in five games.
• Saw significant time as a reserve corner and on special teams in the season-opening win at Marist, registering three tackles, including a half-tackle for loss.
• Notched two tackles and his first career interception at Ivy League preseason favorite Yale.
• Recorded a pair of tackles and a pass breakup at Harvard.
• Credited with four tackles against Colgate and three more in the win over Brown.
• Missed the Princeton game due to injury.
 

As a sophomore (2018)

• Saw action in each of the team's final three contests, registering one tackle.
• Made his collegiate debut at No. 17 Princeton, making one tackle.
• Also saw special teams action vs. Penn.
• Missed the final two games of the season due to injury.

As a freshman (2017)

• Did not see varsity action.
 

Prior to Cornell

• Clarke was a two-time first-team all-conference and all-area selection while playing at St. Mary Catholic Secondary School in Pickering, Ontario, and Lake Forest Academy in Illinois.
• Clarke captained teams in his final season at both schools.
• He earned conference athlete of the year honors in 2014 after leading his team to the regional championship.
• Clarke was named one of the top 100 players in Canada by CanadaFootballChat.com.
• Clarke played wide receiver, quarterback and on special teams in addition to defensive back.
• He also competed as a sprinter on the track team.
 

Personal

• Kenan D. Clarke is the son of Devon Constable and Samantha Clarke and has an older brother and two younger sisters.
• He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2017-18Freshman

    Cornerback
    5'11" 175 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2018-19Sophomore

    Cornerback
    5'11" 175 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2019-20Junior

    Cornerback
    5'11" 185 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2020-21Senior

    Cornerback
    5'11" 185 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2021-22Fifth Year

    Cornerback
    5'11" 188 lbs
    21