#95

Christian Clayton

Former defensive lineman at UTSA. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

DL · UTSA · Sr. · #95

6′3″ · 335 lb · Fort Worth, TX

CFB Index 26 · #349 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceUTSA 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive lineman at UTSA. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UTSA in 2019.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 2839 nationally · Signed with UTSA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at UTSA, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2019

Signed with UTSA2-star out of South Hills

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2839 national

CFB

College

UTSA

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Jeff Traylor

UTSA

Played his entire career under Jeff Traylor.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 46-20 over that span.

2020UTSA7-5HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021UTSA12-2HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022UTSA11-3HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

26Below cohort / limited sample #349 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Sacks#1282 / 2892 · 53rd pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Tackles#2149 / 2892 · 25th pct

Solo tackles#2143 / 2892 · 24th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
Road6g	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.3	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #349 of 426 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #349 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UTSA	18	9	2.5	0.5	2	--	--
2023	UTSA	10	3	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	UTSA	15	6	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	UTSA	19	4	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	UTSA	21	11	7.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		83	33	14.0	2.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 44–36

vs Memphis

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With O. McCown — 280 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.8 · 28 rush yds (5 car) · C. Carpenter — 9 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 28-16vs Kennesaw State	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-49@ Texas State	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 7-56@ Texas	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 20-30@ East Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 27-29@ Rice	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 38-24vs Florida Atlantic	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 45-46@ Tulsa	3	2	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 10	W 44-36vs Memphis	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 51-27vs Temple	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-29@ Army	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Bowl	W 44-15vs Coastal Carolina	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		18	9	2.5	0.5	—	2

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

Christian Clayton

2019

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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