2012 Football Roster
Roster
Blaine Clausell
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 305
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Mobile, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Baker HS
CAREER STATISTICS
2015 Senior Bowl Participant
CAREER: Talented offensive tackle who played in 49 games and started 38, all at left tackle ... Redshirted initial year behind All-American Derek Sherrod and played alongside All-American and 2014 NFL Draft second-round selection Gabe Jackson … Selected to the 2015 Senior Bowl following his final season.
2014 SENIOR SEASON: Started all 13 games at left tackle and paved the way for the most prolific offense in school history that shattered 13 single-season records.
2013 JUNIOR SEASON: Played and started in 12 of the season’s 13 games with lone miss being against Bowling Green due to injury ... An anchor along the left side in the tackle slot ... Helped MSU to one of its best offensive seasons in program history, averaging 434.4 yards per game, which shattered the single-season record of 422.0 yards in 1982 ... Opened lanes for 29 rushing touchdowns, which ranked second in school history and two shy of the school record ... Gave pocket protection for the Bulldogs to average a school record 244.5 passing yards per game … Provided time and space for 23 MSU total touchdowns during SEC games, the second most under a Dan Mullen-coached squad ... Helped MSU to 45 points in the first half against Troy (9/21), the most in a half in the modern era (since 1950), and the second-most ever ... Against LSU (10/5), opened holes for five rushes of 20 or more yards during the game’s 36 carries ... Created space for MSU to gain 447 yards of total offense against Kentucky (10/24) ... Helped the Bulldogs convert 10 third-down attempts versus UK, their most since 10 at UK in 2012 ... Opened holes for 556 yards of total offense at Texas A&M (11/9), the most ever during an SEC contest under Mullen ... At Arkansas (11/23), provided time for the quarterbacks to throw for 174 yards in the opening half, tied for the second most in a game on the year ... Capped the year with a dominant performance against Rice in the Liberty Bowl (12/31) as the squad racked up an MSU bowl record 533 yards of total offense.
2012 SOPHOMORE SEASON: Started at left tackle in all 13 games ... Graded out a champion in nine of 13 games ... Part of an offensive line that gave up the second-fewest sacks in the SEC (29th nationally) ... Graded out at 80 percent in each of the first two games of the season, versus Jackson State and Auburn, collecting a season-high nine pancake blocks in both games ... Registered six pancake blocks and graded out at 84 percent in the road win at Troy ... Also had six pancake blocks in the SEC road opener at Kentucky, grading out at 83 percent in the victory ... Graded out a season-best 93 percent with seven pancake blocks in the nationally-televised home win over Tennessee ... Tallied four pancake blocks and an 87 percent grade in the homecoming win versus Middle Tennessee ... Graded out at 82 percent at Alabama with four pancake blocks ... Recorded five pancake blocks in the home finale against Arkansas, grading out at 87 percent ... Helped the Bulldog rushing attack to 186 yards on the ground against Northwestern in the Gator Bowl.
2011 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON: Saw action in 11 games on the offensive line, including four-straight starts at left tackle during the early part of the season ... Recorded 14 takedowns on the year, including a season-high six in the home win against Louisiana Tech ... Graded out a champion in the homecoming win against UT Martin ... Blocked for a running back who finished fourth in the SEC in rushing, while giving up the fifth-fewest sacks in the league ... Aided an offensive line that helped the 2011 squad reach the top 10 in school history for single-season marks in passing touchdowns, passing completions, total yards and first downs ... Helped an offensive line that tallied multiple rushing touchdowns in games against Memphis, Auburn, Kentucky, UT Martin, Ole Miss and Wake Forest ... Blocked for an offense that scored 50-plus points twice in the same season for the first time since 1914 (four), and only the third time in school history (1907, twice) ... Part of an offensive line that paved the way for running back Vick Ballard to rush for a career-high 180 yards against Wake Forest in the Music City Bowl.
2010 TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON: Spent the season as a redshirt offensive lineman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Tim Massengale ... Graduated from Baker High School in December, 2009 and enrolled at Mississippi State in January of 2010 ... Became the first player from Baker High School to play football in the Southeastern Conference ... Recipient of Sherryl Smith Scholarship Award ... A first-team all-area selection following senior year ... Did not play competitive football until freshman year of high school ... Was focused primarily on basketball prior to high school ... Did not receive significant playing time in high school until sophomore season ... Committed to Mississippi State in July prior to senior season.
PERSONAL: Born Blaine Iman Clausell on Jan. 31, 1992 in Mobile, Ala. ... Son of Leon and Teraca Lang … Earned his undergraduate degree in criminology.
