#21

Bud Clark

Former safety at TCU. 2025: 4 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 56 tackles.

S · TCU · Sr. · #21

6′2″ · 185 lb · Alexandria, LA

CFB Index 87 · #17 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Seattle — Rd 2, Pick 32, #64 overall

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Passes defended: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

7 PBU · 56 tackles · 1.5 TFL

Best game: 2 INT, 6 tackles, vs Iowa State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at TCU. 2025: 4 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 56 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to TCU in 2020.
Drafted round 2 by the Seattle in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Six seasons at TCU, 194 tackles — drafted at #64 overall by Seattle.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20203 games

Signed with TCU4-star out of Alexandria

202412 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12second

202511 games

All-Big 12second

2026

Drafted by Seattleround 2, pick 64

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#312 national

CFB

College

TCU

2020–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #64

Seattle · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2025

2 coaches

2020–2021

Gary Patterson

TCU

2022–2025

Sonny Dykes

TCU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Seattle2026 NFL rookie season

#64Rd 2 · Pick 32

Seattle2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020TCU6-4HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy

2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning

2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning

2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

87All-Conference level #17 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Strength: interceptions (95th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#85 / 2975 · 96th pct

Interceptions#23 / 817 · 95th pct

Tackles#468 / 2975 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#483 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.2	0.2	1.0
Road5g	6.6	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.0	0.0	1.0
Weeks 8+4g	6.2	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #17 of 544 safeties

Former four-star. Now #17 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	TCU	56	31	1.5	1.0	7	4	--
2024	TCU	68	44	0.0	0.0	3	3	--
2023	TCU	30	20	1.0	0.0	4	3	--
2022	TCU	27	22	1.0	0.0	5	5	--
2021	TCU	10	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	TCU	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		194	125	3.5	1.0	19	15	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 30–27

vs USC

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With K. Seals — 258 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 65.0 · -2 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · E. Craw — 41 AVG · 50 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week