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Safety, Clemson, 2020–24
R.J. Mickens
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Southlake, TX
- Born
- Jul 10, 2001
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R.J. Mickens played safety at Clemson (2020–24). The Los Angeles Chargers took Mickens in round 6, No. 214 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
10tackles, career highthree times; last at Pittsburgh, 2024Team titles: ACC champions, 2020, 2022 and 2024
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Clemson | 9 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Clemson | 9 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Clemson | 9 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Clemson | 9 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Clemson | 9 | S | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′0″ | 210 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2024 Clemson 11 games, 68 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Georgia | L 3–34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 21 | vs. NC State | W 59–35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Stanford | W 40–14 | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Florida State | W 29–13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | at Wake Forest | W 49–14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Virginia | W 48–31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Louisville | L 21–33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at Virginia Tech | W 24–14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 16 | at Pittsburgh | W 24–20 | 10 | 8 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 30 | vs. South Carolina | L 14–17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 21 ✦ | at Texas | L 24–38 | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 Clemson 11 games, 39 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Duke | L 7–28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 66–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 48–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Florida State | L 24–31 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Syracuse | W 31–14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Wake Forest | W 17–12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Miami | L 20–28 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 42–21 | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. North Carolina | W 31–20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atSouth Carolina | W 16–7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Kentucky | W 38–35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Clemson 11 games, 36 tackles, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 41–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Furman | W 35–12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 48–20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atWake Forest | W 51–45 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs.NC State | W 30–20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atFlorida State | W 34–28 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Syracuse | W 27–21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Notre Dame | L 14–35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Louisville | W 31–16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Miami | W 40–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | vs.South Carolina | L 30–31 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2021 Clemson 8 games, 29 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs. South Carolina State | W 49–3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | atNC State | L 21–27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs. Boston College | W 19–13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atSyracuse | W 17–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | atPittsburgh | L 17–27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | atLouisville | W 30–24 | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs. UConn | W 44–7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Iowa State | W 20–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Clemson 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5 | atVirginia Tech | W 45–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2025 | Combine or pro day 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0″ | |
| Weight | 199 lb | |
| Arm length | 32¼″ | |
| Hand size | 8⅞″ | |
| Wingspan | 77⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.49 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 s | |
| Vertical jump | 41½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| Bench press | 17 repsW |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Chargers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Los Angeles Chargers | 10 | 29 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 (so far) | Los Angeles Chargers | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 14 | 38 | 0 | 2 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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