Stanquan Clark
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Four seasons in the Louisville linebacker corps to date. First career honor, 2024: ACC Linebacker Player of the Week. On tape: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Wake Forest, Week 4, 2026.
56 tackles · 0.5 sacks
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Louisville | 56 | 17 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | Louisville | 19 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Louisville | 76 | 43 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | Louisville | 13 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 164 | 76 | 14.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 |
Last game (Wk 9): 8 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 38-41vs No. 9 Ole Miss | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-13vs Villanova | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-31vs No. 16 SMU | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-30vs Wake Forest | 12 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31@ NC State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-20vs Florida State | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-26@ Syracuse | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-24vs Stanford | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 17 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 |
Oct. 31 · W 52-24 vs Stanford, play by play
8 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: coverage — 5 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
How Louisville’s defense played that day
Stanford’s 13 drives: 9 stopped (2 takeaways) · 4 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 9. His hurry came with Louisville up 7.
5 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
10 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 1-yard loss. Second quarter, tied 14-14.
5 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 4 of his 5, sacks included.
A big game: 12 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 13 for him; the box score credits 12.
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles, including 3 passes broken up, tied for the most passes broken up in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles, including 1 interception. His interception on 3rd and 8 ended Ole Miss’s drive (int).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 7 for him; the box score credits 6.
Intercepted on 3rd and 8. Second quarter, down 10-3. Ended Ole Miss’s drive (int).
Week 6 · 2026
W 44-20
0.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against Florida State.
Ratings of the games shown run from -11 to +15 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
56tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
9%5 pass breakups56 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 33-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Road2g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
43.9%
215 pass / 275 run
Plays / game
61.2
8 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
241 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
56 tackles in 8 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #72 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Brohm.
