Juice Clarke
Illinois Fighting Illini
74
Average

Juice Clarke

Illinois Fighting IlliniAverage
RCBDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

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Juice Clarke is the projected starter at RCB for Illinois Fighting Illini.

Senior · #6 · 6'1", 180 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Illinois Fighting Illini

  1. 1674Juice ClarkeStarter
  2. 21674Tanner Heckel
  3. 32054Almirian Thomas

Illinois Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the Big Ten

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The Story

The Story

A 3-star recruit out of Riverdale, ranked #1,347 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit3★ · #1,347 Natl
Fort Myers, FL
Jersey
#6
Class
SR
Height
6'1"
Weight
180 lbs

At 6'1", 180 lbs, Juice Clarke plays for a Illinois team rated 77 overall in the Big Ten.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8517
National Rank
#1347
High School
Riverdale
Hometown
Fort Myers, FL

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 50th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 74 after depth penalty.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WMSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-37 OT

Oct 3LPURTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 24-17

Sep 26LOSUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final L 42-19

Sep 19WSIUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 48-10

Sep 12LDUKETKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-27

Sep 4WUABTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 42-23

Juice Clarke's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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