#91

Clay Patterson

Senior defensive lineman for Stanford. 2025: 4 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Stanford · Sr. · #91

6′3″ · 280 lb · Frisco, TX

CFB Index 64 · #127 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Stanford for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

QB hurries: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

5.5 TFL · 33 tackles · 6 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 2 tackles, at Hawai'i

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Stanford. 2025: 4 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Transferred from UNLV to Stanford in 2024.

His career, year by year

Clay Patterson

DL · Stanford · Sr · #91

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Clay Patterson has been at Stanford through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Run-leaning

2025Stanford4-8HC: Frank Reich · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

64Quality starter #127 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#117 / 2975 · 95th pct

Sacks#169 / 2975 · 93rd pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct

5.5

Tackles#1194 / 2975 · 59th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road6g	3.0	0.6	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tavita Pritchard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #127 of 420 edge rushers

Unranked recruit. Now #127 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #20 of 73 ACC DLs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Stanford	33	13	5.5	4.0	1	--	--
2024	Stanford	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		35	14	5.5	4.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 20–13

vs Florida State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Flintoft — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 48 AVG · C. Tabb — 118 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 20-23@ Hawai'i	2	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 2	L 3-27@ BYU	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 30-20vs Boston College	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-48@ Virginia	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 30-29vs San José State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-34@ SMU	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 20-13vs Florida State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 7-42@ Miami	3	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 20-35vs Pittsburgh	5	1	0.5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	L 15-20@ North Carolina	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 31-10vs California	2	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 14	L 20-49vs Notre Dame	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		33	13	5.5	4.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

33Tackles

13Solo

5.5TFL

4Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

33 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.

Week 12 sacks
Week 21 sack
Week 71 PD
Week 100.5 sacks
Week 130.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Stanford

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Stanford

Returning around him

2 Stanford players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -6 net (6 in / 12 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Stanford · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #50 · 2026 recruiting class #37

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Trent Jones II’s 2023 season.

Trent Jones II

84%match

Iowa State · 2023

Jelani Davis

Kent State · 2025

84%

Dierre Kelly

Bowling Green · 2023

84%

Suirad Ware

East Carolina · 2021

83%

Toby McBride

Colorado State · 2021

83%

Matches Trent on

Weight

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Simeon Barrow Jr.'s junior season at Michigan State (2023).

Simeon Barrow Jr.

84%match

Michigan State · 2023

All-ACC

Trajan Jeffcoat

Missouri · 2022

All-SEC

84%

Gabe Jacas

Illinois · 2024

All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 23

83%

Dierre Kelly

Bowling Green · 2023

82%

Hakeem Beamon

Penn State · 2023

82%

Matches Simeon on

Class year

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Player DNA

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J'Mond Tapp

Southern Miss · 2025

83%

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

20243 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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