Christian Clayton: DL · UTSA · #95.
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Christian Clayton
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. A two-star recruit with five seasons on the field at UTSA since. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Army — Week 14, 2024.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| 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@ No. 2 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@ No. 25 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%2 TFLSack rate
3%0 sacksHurry rate
11%2 hurries18 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 46-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
51.5%
508 pass / 478 run
Plays / game
75.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
509 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #349 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at UTSA, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Wilson → Jeff Traylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
