Clifford Chattman

Senior safety for UTSA. 2022: 5 interceptions, 13 pass breakups, 63 tackles.

S · UTSA · Sr. · #4

6′5″ · 195 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 90 · #7 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamUTSA 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 630 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for UTSA. 2022: 5 interceptions, 13 pass breakups, 63 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2016.
Transferred from Texas A&M to UTSA in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UTSA, 116 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20164 games

Signed with Texas A&M3-star out of McDonogh 35

20214 games

Entered the portal

202214 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#630 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2022

2 coaches

2016

Frank Wilson

UTSA

2019

Frank Wilson

UTSA

2021–2022

Jeff Traylor

UTSA

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Wilson → Jeff Traylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2019Texas A&M8-5HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2021UTSA12-2HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022UTSA11-3HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

90All-America level #7 of 493?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Strength: interceptions (98th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#9 / 2755 · 100th pct

Interceptions#10 / 811 · 98th pct

Forced fumbles#11 / 737 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#222 / 2755 · 91st pct

Tackles#315 / 2755 · 88th pct

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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 · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.9	0.1	0.0	1.1
Road7g	5.1	0.1	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.0	0.1	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.1	0.0	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 493 FBS safeties by CFB Index Score.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #7 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UTSA	63	39	1.0	0.0	13	5	1
2021	UTSA	18	14	0.5	0.5	2	--	--
2019	Texas A&M	28	14	0.0	0.0	4	1	--
2016	Texas A&M	7	5	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		116	72	1.5	0.5	20	6	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022

W 52–24

vs Texas Southern

8 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 28-point win at home against Texas Southern.

With F. Harris — 392 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.6 · 31 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · L. Dean — 60 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 76 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 35-37vs Houston	3	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 41-38@ Army	11	7	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 3	L 20-41@ Texas	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 52-24vs Texas Southern	8	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 45-30@ Middle Tennessee	2	0	0.5	—	1
Wk 6	W 31-28vs Western Kentucky	4	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 30-10@ Florida International	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 31-27vs North Texas	9	4	0.5	—	3
Wk 10	W 44-38@ UAB	7	7	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	W 51-7vs Louisiana Tech	1	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	W 41-7@ Rice	4	1	0.0	1	2
Wk 13	W 34-31vs UTEP	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	W 48-27vs North Texas	0	0	0.0	1	1
Bowl	L 12-18@ Troy	4	4	0.0	1	0
Total		63	39	1.0	5	13

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

Clifford Chattman

20164 games

20214 games

202214 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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