Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Graduated with a bachelor's degree in recreation and sport management in December 2022.

Honors
2022 All-Sun Belt Third Team
2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College All-Sun Belt Third Team
2022 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference Third Team
2022 College Football Network (CFN) All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
2023 East-West Shrine Bowl Invite
2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
2023 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List
2022 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference Fourth Team
2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team

2022 (Redshirt Senior)

• Played in the Reese's Senior Bowl
• Voted a team captain
• Named to the 2022 All-Sun Belt third team
• Earned a spot on the 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College All-Sun Belt third team
• Garnered 2022 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference third-team recognition
• Named 2022 College Football Network (CFN) All-Sun Belt honorable mention
• Received an invitation to play in the 2023 East-West Shrine Bowl
• Played in and started all 13 games for the Chants along the defensive line
• Totaled 41 tackles on the season
• Was second on the team with 10.0 tackles-for-loss and five quarterback hurries
• Was tied for third on the team with 3.5 sacks
• Blocked a field goal attempt in the regular-season finale at James Madison (Nov. 26)
• Registered four tackles or more in five different games
• Had a season-high seven tackles with 2.0 tackles-for-loss and 0.5 sacks in the road win at Georgia State (Sept. 22)
• Finished with six tackles, including a season-high three solo stops, with 1.0 tackle-for-loss in the home win over Georgia Southern (Oct. 1)
• Tallied four tackles in the season-opening win over Army (Sept. 3)
• Posted four tackles and one quarterback hurry in the road win at Marshall (Oct. 29)
• Picked up four tackles, including 2.0 tackles-for-loss and 0.5 sacks, and a quarterback hurry in the win over Southern Miss (Nov. 12)
• Also had a sack in the home win over Buffalo (Sept. 17) and in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game at Troy (Dec. 3)
• Named to the 2022 preseason All-Sun Belt second team
• Named to the 2023 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 preseason list
• Earned a spot on the 2022 Phil Steele preseason SBC All-Conference fourth team
• Tabbed 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College preseason All-Sun Belt honorable mention
• Named to the 2022 Athlon Sports preseason All-Sun Belt third team

2021 (Redshirt Junior)

• Played in all 13 games, starting 11 contests on the defensive line
• Totaled 33 tackles, including 4.0 tackles-for-loss, and 2.0 sacks
• Also had two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry on the season
• Had a season-high seven tackles in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17)
• Also had four tackles, including three solo stops, in the road win at Buffalo (Sept. 18)
• Recorded 1.0 sack in the home win over Kansas (Sept. 10)
• Also had 0.5 sacks, a quarterback hurry, and a pass breakup in the road win at South Alabama (Nov. 26)
• Recorded 1.0 tackle-for-loss in back-to-back games on the road at Arkansas State (Oct. 7) and Appalachian State (Oct. 20)
• Had three tackles in wins over Kansas, ULM (Oct. 2), and Troy (Oct. 28), and in the road loss to App State
• Named the team's Academic Player of the Week on April 22, 2022
• Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2022 spring semester

2020 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Played in all 12 games on the season, starting 11 at nose tackle
• Totaled 31 tackles, 4.0 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 sacks, and one pass breakup on the year
• Made his first career start in the season-opening win at Kansas (Sept. 12)
• Had four solo tackles in the win over the Jayhawks
• Recorded five tackles, 1.5 tackle-for-loss, and 1.0 sack in the home win over Campbell (Sept. 18)
• Also had five stops, 2.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.0 sack, and one pass breakup in the victory over South Alabama (Nov. 7)
• Tallied five tackles, including 0.5 tackle-for-loss in the home win over Appalachian State (Nov. 21)
• Totaled three tackles in back-to-back wins over Georgia Southern (Oct. 24) and Georgia State (Oct. 31)
• Also had two tackles in the home win over No. 8 BYU (Dec. 5) and in the road win at Troy (Dec. 12)
• Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2021 spring semester

2019 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Missed most of the season due to an injury
• Did not play in a game
• Moved from tight end to the defensive line in 2019 spring practice

2018 (Freshman)

• Redshirted
• Named the Chant Squad Offensive Player of the Week for the week of South Carolina (Sept. 1)

High School

• Selected to the first-team 2017 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Massachusetts Football Team (all divisions)
• A three-star recruit by 247Sports.com
• Also rated the ninth-best overall prospect in the state as well as the 86th-best tight end in the nation by 247Sports.com
• Named to the 12th annual Boston Herald preseason all-star team as well as the All-Boston City League team and the Boston Herald All-Scholastics team after the season
• According to the Boston Herald, Clark was, “one of the most dominant players in the Boston City League”
• Caught 26 touchdown passes in three seasons while amassing 192 tackles and 31 sacks on defense in 35 career starts
• Recorded 15 sacks in leading the Brighton High School Bengals to the Division 7 North finals as a senior
• Selected to play in the 2017 Mass Elite 7-v-7
• Led the Bengals to the Division 2 state championship in basketball as a junior