2021 Football Roster
Roster
Duke Clemens
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 291
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kailua, Hawaii
- High School:
- Punahou School
UCLA
Enrolled at UCLA in June 2019.ย
2023
Appeared in all 13ย games as starter at center ... selected to the second-team All-Pac-12 football team ... helped the Bruins lead the Pac-12 in rushing yards per game this season ... Bruins had sixย 200-yard rushing games, with a season high of 413 yards against North Carolina Central, and four more with at least 150 yards on the ground.
2022
Starter in all 13 games at center ... helped clear the way for the Bruins to average over 200 yards per game on the ground for the third straight season (237.2 - 6th in FBS) ... Bruins produced a 1,000-yard rusher for the second straight season ... team had nine 200-yard rushing games, three of 300-plus, during the year ... UCLA led the Pac-12 in rushing for the first time since 1976 ... offensive line was selected as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award presented to the nation's top line unit ... named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List ... chosen for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Watch List.ย
2021
Saw action in all 12 games and started at center in the last eight games of the season ... ... helped pave the way for the Bruins to average over 200 yards per game on the ground for the second straight season (215.1) and produce a 1,000-yard rusher in Zach Charbonnet (1,137) ... first time since 1987-86-85 seasons that UCLA has achieved consecutive 200-plus yard rushing seasons ... UCLA ranked 14th nationally in rushing offense ... Bruins led the Pac-12 in scoring (36.5).
2020
Appeared in 5 games ... Starter in the first three games at right guard ... UCLA produced a rushing average of 230.6 yards per game which ranked 12th nationally and was just the fourth time since 1990 that a Bruin team had achieved the 200 yards per game rushing yards milestone for a season ... the last time a Bruin team averaged more than the average per rush mark of 5.1 yards was in 1976 ... opponent sacks dropped by over one per contest from the previous season to 1.7 per game.
2019
Enrolled at UCLA in June of 2019 ... Saw action in nine games, starter in the final eight games of the season ... saw his first action against Washington State ... helped to block for Joshua Kelley who became the eighth running back in UCLA history to record back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons ... the Bruins put together a streak of five straight 200-yard rushing games for the first time since 1978.
High School
Three-star prospect according to 247Sports, Rivals.com and ESPN.com โฆ 247โs No. 14 offensive guard prospect in the nation and the No. 6 recruit in the state of Hawaiโi โฆ ESPN.comโs No. 42 offensive tackle recruit in the nation and the No. 6 overall player in the state of Hawaiโi โฆ served as team captain ... invited to the 2018-19 Polynesian Bowl Hall of Fame and World Bowl Hall of Fame games ... also played high school basketball (Honolulu Star Advertiser State Fab 15 all-star squad) and baseball (pitcher on state championship squad) ... in addition, he was a member of the track team as a senior (shot put) ... earned all-state honors in both football and basketball and his teams won state titles in baseball and track.
Personal
Son of Teo and Drae Clemens โฆ has one older sister (volleyball at University of La Verne) โฆ his biggest thrills are being part of the 2018 Nike Opening in Frisco, Texas and winning his first state title โฆ lists the NFL's JJ Watt as the famous athlete he most admires โฆ hobbies include paddling, body boarding, fishing, camping, sailing ... performed in the school variety show as a fire dancer ... named his high school's male athlete of the year as a sophomore, junior and senior ... HHSAA Hall of Honor Scholarship Inductee ... his uncle, John Kamana, played for the Rams and Falcons ... earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021,ย Spring 2022,ย Spring 2023 and Fall 2023 ... earned his undergrad degree in geography and environmental studies ... enrolled in the transformative coaching and leadership graduate program.
