#52

Tyler Clark

Senior defensive lineman for Georgia. 2019: 2.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · Georgia · Sr. · #52

6′4″ · 300 lb · Americus, GA

Georgia 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DT recruit

No. 248 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Georgia. 2019: 2.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20169 games

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Americus Sumter County South

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#248 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirby Smart — 44-12 over that span.

2016Georgia8-5HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2017Georgia13-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2018Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2019Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Strength: sacks (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#275 / 2688 · 89th pct

8.0

Sacks#426 / 2688 · 83rd pct

2.5

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Tackles#1583 / 2688 · 40th pct

Solo tackles#1867 / 2688 · 28th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.0
Road5g	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	0.7	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Georgia	26	11	8.0	2.5	--	--	--
2018	Georgia	31	15	4.0	1.0	3	--	--
2017	Georgia	37	17	6.0	2.5	--	--	--
2016	Georgia	21	7	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		115	50	19.5	6.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2019

W 24–17

at Florida

2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With J. Fromm — 279 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 12 rush yds (3 car) · D. Swift — 86 rush yds (25 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week