Player Dossier

2022-2025

Charlotte

CJ Clinkscales Jr.

DB • 5'8" • 175 lbs • Buford, GA, USA

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CJ Clinkscales Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

31

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Boston College • Charlotte • Charlotte
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Player Story

CJ Clinkscales Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Buford, GA wearing No. 12, spending time with Boston College and Charlotte. The clearest part of CJ Clinkscales Jr.'s career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.85

Buford · Buford, GA

Committed To
Boston College
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

CJ Clinkscales Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Charlotte. CJ Clinkscales Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
72

Quick Answers

CJ Clinkscales Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Charlotte · DB
Career Tackles
72
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Charlotte
Top game
Syracuse
Recruit profile
3-star · Buford · Boston College
High school pipeline
Buford · 99 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
49 tackles · DB 144th (top 15%) · American Athletic 69th (top 11%) · National 633rd (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonBoston College00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonBoston College514-0--039.8
2024 Regular SeasonCharlotte39-0--045
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte1149-0--047.6
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte110-0--047.6

Related Context

CJ Clinkscales Jr. played DB for Boston College and Charlotte. Across 4 tracked seasons, CJ Clinkscales Jr. recorded 72 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Charlotte.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Charlotte paired 0 primary output with 18.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Boston College, Charlotte.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

18.6

Usage

2.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 0. Monmouth: 0. Rice: 0. South Florida: 0. Army: 0. Temple: 0. North Texas: 0. East Carolina: 0. UTSA: 0. Georgia: 0. Tulane: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 4 by 16.7. Monmouth: 4 by 16.7. Rice: 5 by 20.8. South Florida: 6 by 25. Army: 3 by 12.5. Temple: 3 by 12.5. North Texas: 6 by 25. East Carolina: 6 by 25. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. Georgia: 5 by 20.8. Tulane: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 10 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

25 vs East Carolina

Result
Sun 11/30@ TulaneL 0-2755000
Sat 11/22@ GeorgiaL 3-3554000
Sat 11/15vs UTSAL 7-2822000
Sat 11/8@ East CarolinaL 22-4865000
Fri 10/24vs North TexasL 20-5466000
Sat 10/18vs TempleL 14-4931000
Sat 10/11@ ArmyL 7-2431000
Fri 10/3@ South FloridaL 26-5466000
Thu 9/18vs RiceL 17-2854000
Sat 9/13vs MonmouthW 42-3543000
Fri 8/29vs App StateL 11-3443000

Player Story

CJ Clinkscales Jr. story

CJ Clinkscales Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Buford, GA wearing No. 12, spending time with Boston College and Charlotte. The clearest part of CJ Clinkscales Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 72 tackles and 1 interception across 19 career games in the available record. That gives CJ Clinkscales Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Boston College

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Charlotte

    2024-2025

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Charlotte

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonBoston College0
2023 Regular SeasonBoston College113.74.61
2024 Regular SeasonCharlotte012.52.7-1
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte018.62.90
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte018.62.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Syracuse

Week 10 · W 17-10 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 38 East Carolina

Week 11 · L 22-48 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

18.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.9 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 22 North Texas

Week 9 · L 20-54 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

0

Havoc Plays

18.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.1 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 120 Rice

Week 4 · L 17-28 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

17.5 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.5 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 6 Georgia

Week 13 · L 3-35 · Ranked opponent

0

Havoc Plays

16.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

0 primary output · 18.6 efficiency · 2.9 usage

47.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

47.6

0 primary · 18.6 efficiency · 2.9 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Charlotte

45

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games