Clark Phillips III

Former cornerback at Utah. 2022: 6 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 23 tackles.

CB · Utah · So. · #1

5′10″ · 183 lb · Lakewood, CA

CFB Index 93 · #6 of 322 cornersLow confidenceConsensus AAAtlanta — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 11, #113 overall

The story

Former cornerback at Utah. 2022: 6 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 23 tackles.

Drafted round 4 by the Atlanta in 2023.
Named All-America (AP) in 2022.
Named All-America (Consensus) in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Utah, 100 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2022) — drafted at #113 overall by Atlanta.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202113 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

202212 games

All-Americafirst · 10 selectors
All-Pac-12First Team

2023

Drafted by Atlantaround 4, pick 113

Career arc

Recruit

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CFB

College

Utah

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #113

Atlanta · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

11 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2022)

8 first-team selectors

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ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 4th NFL season

#113Rd 4 · Pick 11

AtlantaEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kyle Whittingham, all run-leaning offenses — 23-10 over that span.

2020Utah3-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

93All-America level #6 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (93rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#2 / 811 · 99th pct

Passes defended#166 / 2755 · 93rd pct

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1413 / 2755 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1332 / 2755 · 47th pct

2.0

Tackles#1672 / 2755 · 38th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.5
Road6g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

93 · #6 of 322 corners

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Utah	23	15	2.0	1.0	6	6	--
2021	Utah	61	45	1.0	0.0	13	2	--
2020	Utah	16	13	1.0	0.0	2	1	--
Career		100	73	4.0	1.0	21	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 43–42

vs USC

4 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out USC at home in a shootout.

With C. Rising — 415 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.5 · 60 rush yds (11 car) · 3 TD · D. Kincaid — 16 rec · 234 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 26-29@ Florida	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 73-7vs Southern Utah	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 35-7vs San Diego State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 34-13@ Arizona State	3	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 5	W 42-16vs Oregon State	3	1	0.0	0.0	3	0
Wk 6	L 32-42@ UCLA	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	W 43-42vs USC	4	4	1.0	1.0	—	2	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 9	W 21-17@ Washington State	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-20vs Arizona	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 42-7vs Stanford	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 17-20@ Oregon	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	2
Wk 14	W 47-24@ USC	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		23	15	2.0	1.0	6	6

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