Clay Patterson is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Stanford.
Patterson disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at Stanford: Troy Taylor and Frank Reich. On tape: 5 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 9 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 No. 9 Notre Dame | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 13 | 5.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%6 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksHurry rate
18%6 hurries33 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Frank Reich
Pass share
50.4%
391 pass / 385 run
Plays / game
64.7
12 games
Team sack rate
9.7%
434 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #127 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #20 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Troy Taylor → Frank Reich. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
