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R.J. Mickens

Clemson · Safety · 2020-24

TKL
173
INT
7
PD
12

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2020 to 2024, Mickens recorded 173 tackles and 13 tackles for loss. In 2021, 2022 and 2024, Mickens also had 7 interceptions.

Mickens was the No. 214 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 70 overall, the 10th-highest safety rating at Clemson since 1990 and No. 95 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • No. 214 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

R.J. Mickens season-by-season statistics at Clemson
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20201000
2021290.502
202236323
202339430
2024685.572
Total17313127

Seasons with tracked stats at Clemson. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Clemson Teammates

  1. 93Trevor Lawrence2018-20QB
  2. 90Travis Etienne2017-20RB
  3. 80Jeremiah Trotter Jr.2021-23LB
  4. 80Will Shipley2021-23RB
  5. 75Cade Klubnik2022-25QB
  6. 75T.J. Parker2023-25EDGE
  7. 74Barrett Carter2021-24LB
  8. 72Cornell Powell2016-20WR
  9. 72Baylon Spector2018-21LB
  10. 71Ruke Orhorhoro2019-23EDGE

Full Clemson all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best ACC players

Sources: Wikipedia (R. J. Mickens) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.