Antonio Clary

Senior safety for Virginia. 2025: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 27 tackles.

S · Virginia · Sr.

6′0″ · 204 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 43 · #333 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Virginia for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Interceptions: 75th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

1 PBU · 27 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 7 tackles, vs Missouri

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Virginia. 2025: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia in 2019.

His career, year by year

Antonio Clary

S · Virginia · Sr

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Antonio Clary has played for two head coaches in seven seasons at Virginia. The receipt: 7 tackles, 1 TFL against Missouri — Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Virginia9-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

2020Virginia5-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

2021Virginia6-6HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-heavy

2022Virginia3-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

2023Virginia3-9HC: Tony Elliott · Run-leaning

2024Virginia5-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

2025Virginia11-3HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

43Rotational starter #333 of 544?

Medium confidenceFading7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles#1543 / 2975 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

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Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #333 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #333 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #12 of 25 ACC Ss

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Virginia	27	10	1.0	0.0	1	2	--
2024	Virginia	48	17	2.5	1.0	3	1	--
2023	Virginia	1	--	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Virginia	56	31	1.5	1.0	1	1	--
2021	Virginia	42	20	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Virginia	24	12	2.0	0.5	2	--	--
2019	Virginia	4	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		202	92	8.0	2.5	7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 13–7

at Missouri

7 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With C. Morris — 198 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · D. Sparks — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD
Wk 4	W 48-20vs Stanford	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 46-38vs Florida State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 30-27@ Louisville	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 22-20vs Washington State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 17-16@ North Carolina	4	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 10	W 31-21@ California	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 9-16vs Wake Forest	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 27-7vs Virginia Tech	3	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 15	L 20-27vs Duke	1	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 13-7@ Missouri	7	1	1.0	—	1
Total		27	10	1.0	2	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Antonio Clary

2019

2025 snapshot

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Awards

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Signature game

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