Jalen Clark is a safety at Louisiana who has not played in Louisiana's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Louisiana lists 29 defensive backs this season.
Louisiana is 5-3. Next: vs South Alabama, Sat Nov 7.
Clark moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three seasons in the Louisiana secondary to date. On tape: 6 tackles against UL Monroe, Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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 12-14vs Rice | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10vs McNeese | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-52@ No. 25 Missouri | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 54-51vs Marshall | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-24@ James Madison | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-22vs Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-35@ Troy | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-22@ South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-30@ Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-27vs UL Monroe | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-20vs Delaware | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 34-10
vs McNeese
1 interception · 2 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against McNeese.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL44 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Michael Desormeaux, all run-leaning offenses — 22-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Pass share
40.1%
341 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
317 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #325 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #29 of 42 Sun Belt Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 2,369 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Sun Belt as a senior.
A stat line in 29 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Billy Napier → Michael Desormeaux. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
