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2023 Rose Bowl Most Valuable Player

2023 Hula Bowl

2023 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl

4-Time Team Captain (only 2nd in Penn State history)

2022:

Finalist for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award
Collected Academic All-Big Ten honors
Earned All-Big Ten honorable mention from the coaches and media
Earned the team's Lion's Pride Outstanding Senior Player Award with Nick Tarburton and PJ Mustipher
Was a semifinalist for the Wuerffel Trophy
Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week twice (Purdue 9/1; Minnesota 10/22)
Tabbed the Rose Bowl Game Big Ten Player of the Week (Purdue 9/1)
Named to the Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 twice (Purdue 9/1; Minnesota 10/22). Preseason: Named to the Davey O'Brien Award, Manning Award, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year and Senior Bowl watch lists
Started all 13 games at quarterback
Completed 210-of-330 passes for 2,543 yards and 22 touchdowns
Voted a team captain
Joins Jonathan Sutherland as the only four-time captains in team history

2021:

Became the only Penn State quarterback to have three games with 250 passing yards and three passing touchdowns in two different seasons and marked the fourth occasion a PSU signal caller has accomplished the feat
Finished third all-time in a single season at Penn State in passing attempts (429), fourth in passing yardage (3,107) and completions (261), fifth in completion percentage (.608) and tied for seventh in touchdown passes (21)
Ended the year tied for second in 300-yard passing games (4) and tied for sixth in 200-yard passing games (8)
Finished fourth in total offense (3,270). 2020: Finished fifth all-time at PSU for single-season completion percentage (60.6) and eighth in rushing yards for a quarterback (335)
Threw for 11 touchdowns in the first five games, marking the third occasion a Penn State quarterback has done so since 2000 (Clifford, 12 in 2019; McSorley, 11 in 2018). 2019: Was the fifth quarterback in program history to have multiple games with four or more passing touchdowns
Finished fifth all-time at Penn State in single-season passing touchdowns (23), seventh in passing efficiency (148.54), eighth in passing yardage (2,654), ninth in completion percentage (59.2), tied for 10th in 200-yard passing games (6) and 14th in completions (189)
Was seventh for total yards in a season (3,056) and was tied for eighth with 28 touchdowns responsible for
Finished with 402 rushing yards (4th most by a PSU quarterback) and five rushing touchdowns (T-11th).

2020:

Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
Earned the team's Public Service Award
Season: Played in all nine games, making eight starts
Selected as a team captain
Was 152-for-251 (60.6 percent) for 1,883 yards with 16 touchdowns and nine interceptions
Was second on the team with 335 rushing yards and had three scores
Had 24 completions that went for 20-plus yards
Earned degree in advertising and public relations following the 2020 fall semester.
Was second in the Big Ten in passing yardage (1,883), touchdowns (16; 37th nationally) and attempts (251) and third in passing efficiency (137.45)
Was second in the league in total offense (2,218) and points responsible for (118; T-43rd nationally)
Led the Big Ten in 70-plus (2; T-7th nationally) and 60-plus (4; T-6th) yard passing plays.

2019:

Selected All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches and media
Was an Academic All-Big Ten honoree
Earned the Captain's Award at the team's awards banquet.
Made 12 starts
Selected as a team captain
One of 18 Nittany Lions to make their first career start
Completed 39 passes of 20 or more yards
Had four multi-touchdown pass quarters
Had four halves with three passing touchdowns.
Ranked third in the Big Ten in passing touchdowns (23; 32nd in the FBS), yards per completion (14.04; 18th) and yards per pass attempt (8.32; 22nd), was fourth in passing efficiency (148.54; 26th) and was seventh in passing yardage (2,654)
Was third in the conference in points responsible for per game (14.3; 29th in the FBS) and fourth in total yards per game (254.7; 43rd)
Ranked third among Big Ten quarterbacks with 33.5 rushing yards per contest.

2018:

Was an Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Season: Appeared in four games...One of 40 players to make their first Penn State appearance...Completed the first five passes of collegiate career for 195 yards.

High School:

Four-time letterman for head coach Steve Specht at St. Xavier High School...Two-time team captain...Was the first player in program history to be a two-time team captain...Led the Bombers to the Division I Ohio State Championship with a double-overtime win over St. Ignatius as a senior...St. X was the first 5-loss team (10-5) in OHSAA history to win a state title in any division...Guided the Bombers to three consecutive Greater Catholic League South titles in three seasons as a starting quarterback...Invited to the Under Armour All-American Game and the Army All-American Game...Attended the 2017 Under Armour Game, but was unable to play due to injury...Was a 2016 Elite 11 Finalist...Named Most Accurate Passer at Elite 11 competition...Selected MaxPreps/JJHuddle first-team all-state in 2016...Garnered All-Greater Catholic League accolades as a junior...Earned all-city and all-district first-team laurels as a senior...Tabbed team MVP as a senior...Was 123-for-216 (56.2 percent) for 1,426 yards and nine touchdowns through the air and had 152 rushes for 571 yards and 12 scores as a senior...Accounted for 1,746 passing yards, 225 rushing yards and 18 total touchdowns (12 passing, 6 rushing) in 2015...Accumulated 832 passing yards, 314 rushing yards and 11 total touchdowns (9 passing, 2 rushing) as a sophomore...Finished career ranked fourth in St. Xavier history with 4,004 career passing yards...Broke the school record for rushing yards (1,110) and rushing touchdowns (20) by a quarterback...Was a consensus four-star prospect by all four recruiting services – 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals and Scout...Ranked as the 80th overall prospect by ESPN...Rated as the No. 1 prospect in Ohio, No. 3 pro-style quarterback in the country and No. 4 player in the region by ESPN...Was the 11th-ranked pro-style quarterback and 18th-ranked player in the state of Ohio according to 247Sports...Ranked as the top quarterback in Ohio, No. 2 QB in the Midwest and No. 24 overall quarterback by Scout...Ranked as the No. 161 overall recruit by Rivals, as well as the No. 8 quarterback and No. 5 prospect in Ohio...Lettered in basketball as a freshman and track & field as a junior.

Personal:
Full name is Sean Burke Clifford...Son of Kelly Burke and John Clifford...Has one younger brother, Liam Clifford, who is a member of the Penn State football team ...Cousin, Ann, is currently attending Penn State...Hobbies include youth quarterback training, golf and playing basketball...Earned degree in advertising and public relations and working on a second major in journalism...Would like to pursue a career in sports management.

Height: 6020

Weight: 212 lbs.

DOB: July 14, 1998

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Airport: State College, PA (SCE)