Denison University

Pronunciation: Clay  Denstorff
   

• 2022 D3football.com Second-Team All-Region
• 2022 & 2023 First-Team All-NCAC
• 2021 Second-Team All-NCAC
• Two-time NCAC Defensive Athlete of the Week (9/6/22 and 9/19/22)

• Started all 10 games at defensive end for the second season in a row and led the NCAC with 15.5 tackles for loss while tying for the conference lead with a career-high 10 sacks
• In all of NCAA Division III, Denstorff was tied for 14th in sacks per game (1.00) and was tied for 37th in tackles for loss per game (1.6)
• Accumulated 31 total tackles, 18 solo tackles, 10 quarterback hurries, two interceptions and a forced fumble
• Earned his third-career All-NCAC certificate (first-team) after being named to the first-team last season and earning a spot on the second-team in 2021

• Started all 10 games at defensive end as a senior
• Totaled 49 tackles and lead the team in tackles for loss (16.5), sacks (7), and forced fumbles (4)
• Tied for fourth in the NCAA Division III in forced fumbles and 30th in tackles for loss
• Led the NCAC in sacks and forced fumbles, and was second in tackles for loss
• Named the NCAC Defensive Athlete of the Week twice, including during week one against Capital (Sept. 3) when he recorded a forced fumble and returned his first-career interception 39 yards for a touchdown, and then again during week three against Oberlin (Sept. 17) when he had a forced fumble to go along with three tackles for loss and two sacks
• Named First-Team All-NCAC (second-career all-conference recognition)
• Named D3football.com Second-Team All-Region 4

• Played in all 10 games at defensive end
• Totaled 47 tackles and was first on the team in both tackles for loss (14) and in sacks (9.5)
• Added two forced fumbles and one pass breakup
• Was fourth on the team in tackles and was second in forced fumbles
• Recorded seven or more tackles four times, had two or more tackles for loss five times, and had two or more sacks twice
• Had a career-high three sacks during Denison's 45-7 win at Kenyon (Oct. 16)
• Had a career-high nine tackles during Denison's 52-28 win over Wooster (Oct. 23) in the Battle of the Old Red Lantern
• Was tied for first in the NCAC in sacks, was second in sack yardage (57), was tied for third in forced fumbles, and was fourth in tackles for loss, 39th in solo tackles (27), 44th in total tackles, 49th in tackles per game (4.6), and 52nd in assisted tackles (19)
• Was 25th in all of NCAA Division III in sacks per game (.95)
• Named Second-Team All-NCAC

• Fall season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
• Had four tackles, one sack, and a forced a fumble in win over Ohio Wesleyan on March 19

2019 (First-Year):

• Did not appear in a game

Personal: 

• Communication major
• Son of Lisa and Rick Denstorff
• Father, Rick, played football at Western Kentucky University
• Mother, Lisa, played tennis at the University of Toledo
• Played both football at baseball at Perrysburg High School, where he was named first-team All-NCC in football