Clark Phillips III: CB · Utah · #1.
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Clark Phillips III
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Third year in the Utah secondary. All-America (Consensus) in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 sack against USC — Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 6 passes defended. 6 interceptions. 2 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.
The Salt Lake Tribune Nov 2
KJZZ Oct 29The Salt Lake Tribune Oct 27
KUTV Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 18 UCLA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-42vs No. 7 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@ No. 12 Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 47-24vs No. 4 USC | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 6 |
Week 5 · 2022
W 42-16
vs Oregon State
3 interceptions · 3 tackles · 1 solo tackle
Dominant 26-point win at home against Oregon State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
26%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
6interceptionsTackle volume
23tackles this season23 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 6 pass breakups · 6 interceptions.
3 seasons under Kyle Whittingham, all run-leaning offenses — 23-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
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
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Pass share
44.4%
444 pass / 556 run
Plays / game
71.4
14 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team on every major selector list.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Selector Grid · 2022
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Three seasons at Utah, 100 tackles, a Unanimous All-American season (2022) — drafted at #113 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2022)
Named to 8 first-team selectors
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kyle Whittingham.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 4th NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 4th NFL season
