Damone Clark: LB · LSU · #18.
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Damone Clark
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at LSU. The first one came in 2021: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 19 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Ole Miss — Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
136 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 15 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-38@ UCLA | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-7vs McNeese | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-21vs Central Michigan | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-25@ Mississippi State | 15 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24vs No. 22 Auburn | 13 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-42@ No. 16 Kentucky | 14 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 49-42vs No. 20 Florida | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-31@ No. 12 Ole Miss | 19 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 19 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 14-20@ No. 3 Alabama | 8 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-16vs Arkansas | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-14vs UL Monroe | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-24vs No. 14 Texas A&M | 10 | 7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Total | 136 | 78 | 15.0 | 5.5 | 1 | 3 |
Week 13 · 2021
W 27-24
vs Texas A&M
2.5 sacks · 3.5 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
136tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%15 TFLSack rate
4%6 sacksPD rate
2%3 pass breakups136 tackles · 15 for loss · 5.5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Ed Orgeron — 36-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 9.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 14.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 11.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 11.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ed Orgeron
Pass share
50.8%
443 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
72.7
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
463 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 578 FBS linebackers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2021 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #7 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at LSU, 249 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #176 overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ed Orgeron.
Next stop · NFL
Dallas CowboysEntering 5th NFL season
Dallas CowboysEntering 5th NFL season
