Jeff Clark

Former defensive lineman at Arizona State. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

DL · Arizona State · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 285 lb · Powder Springs, GA

CFB Index 15 · #399 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceArizona State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive lineman at Arizona State. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia State in 2019.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 3135 nationally · Signed with Georgia State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Arizona State, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2019

Signed with Georgia State2-star out of McEachern

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3135 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Herm Edwards

Arizona State

2023–2024

Kenny Dillingham

Arizona State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Herm Edwards → Kenny Dillingham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Georgia State6-4HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Georgia State8-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2022Georgia State4-8HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning

2024Arizona State11-3HC: Kenny Dillingham · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

15Below cohort / limited sample #399 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (93rd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (14th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#160 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Sacks#1282 / 2892 · 53rd pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Tackles#1753 / 2892 · 38th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2420 / 2892 · 14th pct

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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.1	0.2	0.1	0.0
Road3g	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.2	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

15 · #399 of 426 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #399 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arizona State	23	7	2.5	0.5	--	--	--
2023	Louisville	14	6	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Georgia State	40	12	10.0	5.0	--	--	--
2021	Georgia State	27	17	4.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Georgia State	26	13	6.0	3.5	--	--	--
Career		130	55	24.5	10.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 28–23

vs BYU

2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With S. Leavitt — 247 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.4 · 8 rush yds (8 car) · C. Skattebo — 147 rush yds (28 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 48-7vs Wyoming	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 31-28@ Texas State	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 4	L 22-30@ Texas Tech	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 35-31vs Kansas	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 27-19vs Utah	4	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 11	W 35-31vs UCF	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 28-23vs BYU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 49-7@ Arizona	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 15	W 45-19vs Iowa State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 31-39vs Texas	3	1	1.0	0.0	—
Total		23	7	2.5	0.5	—

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

Jeff Clark

2019

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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