Carson Clark

#1 · WR · Fr. · San José State5′9″ · 170 lb · Los Angeles, CA · St. John Bosco

Receiving yards64231st of 467 receivers Last gameL 16–21vs New Mexico · Oct 31

Nextvs Northern IllinoisSat Nov 7 · 4 pm ET

Worth knowing

Carson Clark is a true freshman with 9 games on the stat sheet.

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 19, middle 8, right 23.

Carson Clark

WR · San José State · Fr · #1

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Carson Clark takes over from Danny Scudero at San José State.

642receiving yards55catches5receiving TD

TEAM RECEIVING YARDS LEADER

642

Team leader in receiving yards (642).

Read the story so far

Carson Clark arrived as a 3-star prospect. Carson Clark lines up at WR for San José State.

On the field, the headline is 642 rec yds, with 55 rec.

Carson Clark inherited the WR job from Danny Scudero (3-star).

The number to watch: 642 — team receiving yards leader.

WR successionleap of faith

Inherited fromDanny Scudero 3★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Style of play

Play style

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Shaq WashingtonCincinnati · 2015 · 89% season match
Cedric Byrd IIHawai'i · 2018 · 88% season match
Jamison CrowderDuke · 2014 · 85% season match
Lincoln VictorWashington State · 2023 · 82% season match
Jayshon JacksonBall State · 2021 · 82% season match

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	San José State	55	642	11.7	5	63
Career		55	642	11.7	5	63

Last game (Wk 9): 91 receiving yards, 8 catches.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 26-42@ No. 14 USC	6	74	12.3	0	42
Wk 1	W 27-21@ Eastern Michigan	5	58	11.6	0	18
Wk 2	W 30-20vs Cal Poly	8	81	10.1	2	41	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 10-26vs Fresno State	5	27	5.4	1	11
Wk 5	W 20-16@ Hawai'i	5	74	14.8	1	43
Wk 6	L 13-16vs Wyoming	8	91	11.4	0	26
Wk 7	W 24-11@ UTEP	5	104	20.8	1	63	Season-high 104 yds
Wk 8	L 13-28@ Nevada	5	42	8.4	0	19
Wk 9	L 16-21vs New Mexico	8	91	11.4	0	32
Total		55	642	11.7	5	63

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 16-21 vs New Mexico, play by play

8 catches for 91 yards. San José State threw to him on 10 of its 23 passes. He was 1 of 5 on third and fourth down.

8 of 10 targets caught
4 moved the chains
1 of 5 on 3rd and 4th down

Second quarterbegan up 3-0
1st & 1032 1st down1
3rd & 92
3rd & 149 2
Third quarterbegan down 14-9
2nd & 84
3rd & 46 1st down
1st & 1017 1st down
2nd & 2incomplete
Fourth quarterbegan down 21-9
2nd & 1115 1st down
3rd & 116 3
4th & 5incomplete4
FinalL 16-21

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

1
32-yard catch. Second quarter, down 14-3.
2
9-yard catch on 3rd and 14. Second quarter, down 14-6.
3
6-yard catch on 3rd and 11. Fourth quarter, down 21-16.
4
Incomplete on 4th and 5. Fourth quarter, down 21-16. Turnover on downs.

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 2 · 2026

W 30-20

vs Cal Poly

8 rec · 81 yds · 2 TD

With L. Weaver — 238 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 26.0 · 44 rush yds (10 car) · J. Bates — 163 rush yds (27 car) · 1 rec · 14 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · UTEP · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.87Rolovich to Clark: a 63-yard pass.
Week 3 · Fresno State · 4th and 18 · Q4 · EPA −3.86Weaver to Clark: an 11-yard pass.
Week 2 · Cal Poly · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.59Weaver to Clark: a 41-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · USC · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Weaver to Clark: a 42-yard pass.
Week 6 · Wyoming · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Weaver to Clark: a 24-yard pass.
Week 8 · Nevada · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Weaver to Clark: a 19-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 3 · Fresno State · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Weaver to Clark: a 1-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Eastern Michigan · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.69Weaver to Clark: an 18-yard pass.
Week 7 · UTEP · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Rolovich to Clark: an 11-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Hawai'i · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Weaver to Clark: a 12-yard touchdown pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards64231stAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions5513thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch11.7tied for 318thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs5tied for 35thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch63tied for 82ndAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

30th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Catches552nd in the Mountain West this season.

Receiving yards6421st in the Mountain West this season.

Receiving touchdowns5tied for 1st in the Mountain West this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +14 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

55 rec · 642 yds · 5 TD

55 of 55 receptions matched to play-by-play

80 of 80 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

8030% of team targets

Catch rate

69%55 of 80 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

8% of targets (6)

100%catch rate

Air -2.2 · YAC 6.7 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

60% of targets (48)

75%catch rate

Air 5.5 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

15% of targets (12)

58%catch rate

Air 13.4 · YAC 1.6 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

18% of targets (14)

43%catch rate

Air 32.4 · YAC 5.8 avg

69% catch rate on 80 targets · 30% of the team's targets · 43% catch rate on 14 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2026San José State4-5HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 80 (#31 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

80All-Conference level #31 of 465?

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rec yards (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#201 / 569 · 64th pct

68.8%

TD rate#331 / 569 · 42nd pct

3.8%

EPA / target#335 / 569 · 41st pct

0.36

Yards / catch#344 / 569 · 40th pct

11.7

Explosive rate#377 / 569 · 34th pct

8.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#13 / 468 · 97th pct

Rec yards#31 / 468 · 93rd pct

642

Rec TDs#35 / 468 · 90th pct

Long catch#82 / 468 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#318 / 468 · 32nd pct

11.7

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	7.2	72.5	9.6	0.8
Road5g	5.2	70.4	13.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	72.7	12.3	0.7
Weeks 8+2g	6.5	66.5	9.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

48.8%

282 pass / 296 run

Plays / game

64.2

9 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

311 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

55 catches in 9 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

80 · #31 of 465 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #31 at the position.

Starter

The No. 1,358 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Mountain West as a freshman.

Carson Clark

This week

Worth knowing

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Starter

First season at San José State, 9 games

2026 9 games

Carson Clark

This week

Worth knowing

32% of the catches, 31% of the yards, 42% of the touchdowns

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Starter

First season at San José State, 9 games

2026 9 games