According to the Texans media relations department, he and Arizona's Chandler Jones were the only players in the NFL with 20-or-more tackles for loss and 20-or-more quarterback hits. He also rang up 9.5 sacks last autumn.
In all, Clowney finished with 21 tackles for loss and 20 quarterback hits. He joined teammate J.J. Watt as the only other Texans to make the 20/20 club, as Watt did so from 2012 through 2015.
He played all 16 games this year, and played 14 in 2016. In that two-year stretch, he rang up 37 tackles for loss, which is second-best in that span behind Jones.