Anthony Clement - #68 - T - Louisiana-Lafayette - Profile

Anthony Clement

Anthony Clement

#68
T
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 320 lbs
Age: 32
Years With Jets: 2006-
College: Louisiana-Lafayette

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS      

• A 10-year veteran who started all 16 games for the Jets in 2006, bringing his career totals to 112 career games played, 92 starts.

• Started 45 consecutive games from 1999-2001 before triceps injury ended his streak in 2002.

• Played every offensive snap in 2001 — the only ARI player to accomplish that feat — and helped Cardinals allow second-fewest sacks (29) in team history.

• Appeared in his first postseason game for Jets at NE after 2006 season.

SEASON BY SEASON

2006 (JETS) Named Jets’ Offensive Player of the Week for Week 17 win vs. OAK after helping hold DE Derrick Burgess, Raiders' leading pass rusher, sackless.

2005 (SF) Played first game when he replaced T Jonas Jennings, who was inactive (shoulder), in Week 4 vs. ARI in Mexico City. ... Started six games.

2004 (ARI) Started eight games at RT.

2003 (ARI) Played all 981 offensive snaps despite off-season rehabilitation from two surgeries on his right triceps.

2002 (ARI) Played one game before undergoing two surgeries to repair torn right triceps muscle, which he first injured in third preseason game vs. DEN. … Saw only action of season in third series in Week 11 at PHI, when he assumed his customary position at RT.

2001 (ARI) Pushed consecutive starting streak to 45 games...Played all 955 offensive snaps as the only ARI OL who did not miss any time.

2000 (ARI) Was only Cardinals OL to start all 16 games.

1999 (ARI) Played in 16 games (14 starts). ... Started final 13 games at RT, with first NFL start Week 2 at MIA.

1998 (ARI) Played in only one game as a rookie, on special teams in Week 2 at SEA. ... Placed on IR on 11/20/98.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

• Signed by Jets as a UFA on 4/19/06.

• Signed by SF as a FA on 9/19/05.

• Signed by DEN on 4/27/05 and waived on 9/3/05.

• Released by ARI on 4/25/05.

• Selected by ARI in second round (36th overall) of 1998 NFL Draft.

BEFORE THE NFL

• Started final 33 games of collegiate career at LT for Southwestern Louisiana (now LA-Lafayette).

• Was All-Louisiana first-team selection by state’s sportswriters and All-Independent Conference first-team pick by Football News as junior.

• Earned recognition as track and field standout (discus) at Southwestern Louisiana, helping the team win its sixth consecutive Sun Belt Conference outdoor title in 1997.

• All-District 6-A and All-Louisiana Class AAA pick as DT at Cecilia HS (LA).

OFF THE FIELD

• Born in Lafayette, LA.

• Makes off-season home in Phoenix.

• Wife, Fatima, daughter, Ebony, and three sons — Langhsten, Anthony Jr. and Caleb, who was born early in 2007.

• Helped make improvements to entrance of Roy Wilkins Park in Flushing, Queens, as part of United Way Hometown Huddle on 10/10/06.