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Lafayette College Athletics

2017 Football Roster

23 Clay Rush

  • Pos. DB
  • Yr. Junior
  • Ht. 5-11
  • Weight 185
  • Hometown Philadelphia, Pa.
  • High School Northeast

Biography

2017: Played in five games with one start at cornerback while also contributing on special teams...had third start of his career and finished with two tackles against Bucknell when the Leopard defense shut out the Bison offense (10/21)...also registered tackles against Princeton (9/23) and Fordham (10/7).

2016: Played in the first five games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury...had tackles in three games...named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll with a 3.68 GPA.

2015: Played in eight games with two starts at cornerback (Wagner, Fordham)...totaled 12 tackles for the season with a season high of four at Wagner (9/26)...snagged his first career interception at Wagner.

AT NORTHEAST: Standout wide receiver in high school who averaged 27.2 yards per catch...played cornerback, safety, returner and returner in addition to wideout and was a three-year starter...competed in the jumps in track and field, earning 2013-14 All-Catholic Second-Team honors for indoor track long jump while at Father Judge High School (alma mater of current Lafayette DB Matt Smalley) where he won a team title as a freshman...honor roll student...youth group member at his church and a volunteer at a soup kitchen in Camden, N.J.

PERSONAL: Son of Clayton and Ava Rush...cousin, Andrew Blackmon, played cornerback at Indiana State...has a younger brother, Jalen, and younger sisters, Amiah and Leah...born 11/13/96.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2015Freshman

    DB
    5'11" 175 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2016Sophomore

    DB
    5'11" 185 lbs
    15
  • 23

    2017Junior

    DB
    5'11" 185 lbs
    23