Leroy Clark: S · Purdue · #3.
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Leroy Clark
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at Purdue: Darrell Hazell and Gerad Parker. On tape: 11 tackles against Northwestern, Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
82 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 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
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-24vs Eastern Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-38vs Cincinnati | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-14vs Nevada | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-50@ Maryland | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-31@ Illinois | 11 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 35-49vs Iowa | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-27@ No. 8 Nebraska | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-62vs No. 24 Penn State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-44@ Minnesota | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-45vs Northwestern | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-49vs No. 6 Wisconsin | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-26@ Indiana | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 82 | 55 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Week 1 · 2016
W 45-24
1 interception · 5 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Dominant 21-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
82tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL82 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gerad Parker
Pass share
60.9%
557 pass / 358 run
Plays / game
76.2
12 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
604 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
82 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Purdue, 82 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Darrell Hazell → Gerad Parker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
