Leroy Clark

Safety for Purdue. 2016: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 82 tackles.

S · Purdue · #3

5′10″ · Miami, FL

Purdue 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 911 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 safety for Purdue. 2016: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 82 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Purdue, 82 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Purdue3-star out of Archbishop Carroll

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#911 national

CFB

College

Purdue

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2016

2 coaches

2015

Darrell Hazell

Purdue

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Darrell Hazell → Gerad Parker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Purdue2-10HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Purdue3-9HC: Gerad Parker · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (93rd percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#104 / 2668 · 96th pct

Tackles#177 / 2668 · 93rd pct

Passes defended#513 / 2668 · 76th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1559 / 2668 · 38th pct

1.5

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

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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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Purdue	82	55	1.5	0.0	3	1	--
2015	Purdue	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
Career		82	55	1.5	0.0	3	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 45–24

vs Eastern Kentucky

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 INT

Dominant 21-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.

With D. Blough — 245 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.8 · 18 rush yds (4 car) · 2 TD · J. Schopper — 42 AVG · 57 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-24vs Eastern Kentucky	5	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	L 20-38vs Cincinnati	6	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 24-14vs Nevada	4	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 7-50@ Maryland	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 34-31@ Illinois	11	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 7	L 35-49vs Iowa	9	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-27@ Nebraska	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-62vs Penn State	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 31-44@ Minnesota	8	6	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 17-45vs Northwestern	11	9	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 20-49vs Wisconsin	8	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 24-26@ Indiana	7	7	0.0	—	2
Total		82	55	1.5	1	3

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

2013

2016 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays