#43

Carlos Clark

Linebacker for Central Michigan. 2017: 29 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

LB · Central Michigan · #43

6′0″ · 235 lb · Belleville, MI

Central Michigan 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 linebacker for Central Michigan. 2017: 29 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 3117 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Two seasons at Central Michigan, 37 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with Central Michigan2-star out of Belleville

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3117 national

CFB

College

Central Michigan

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under John Bonamego, all balanced offenses — 14-12 over that span.

2016Central Michigan6-7HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2017Central Michigan8-5HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1395 / 2682 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1447 / 2682 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1745 / 2682 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

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

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home3g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Central Michigan	29	16	1.0	2	--	--
2016	Central Michigan	8	6	2.0	--	--	--
Career		37	22	3.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 30–27

vs Rhode Island

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

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

With J. Sheldon — 41 AVG · 65 LONG · 9 NO · S. Morris — 226 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 49.0 · 32 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week