Dean Clark: DB · Fresno State · #32.
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Dean Clark
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The six seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Sean Lewis, Jeff Tedford and Tim Skipper. All-Mountain West in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 11 tackles against New Mexico, Week 4, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fresno State | 56 | 33 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | Fresno State | 80 | 45 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | Kent State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Kent State | 116 | 78 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Kent State | 28 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | Kent State | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 293 | 186 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 12 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-30@ No. 9 Michigan | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 46-30vs Sacramento State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-0vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-21@ New Mexico | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 14-59@ UNLV | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-25vs Washington State | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ Nevada | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-10vs San José State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-21vs Hawai'i | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-22vs Colorado State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20@ UCLA | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-28vs Northern Illinois | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 56 | 33 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
56tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%3 TFL56 tackles · 3 for loss · 2 sacks · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Skipper
Pass share
53.1%
430 pass / 380 run
Plays / game
62.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #129 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Kent State and Fresno State, 293 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Sean Lewis, Jeff Tedford and Tim Skipper.
