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Has anchored the right defensive end position for the past three seasons ... has started all 36 games of his collegiate career ... has tallied 121 total tackles during his career, including 18 tackles for lost yards ... has also accounted for 6.5 quarterback sacks - four solo sacks and five assists ... statistical career numbers also include four pass breaks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... has worked every off season to really improve himself ... has phenomenal strength ... has great vision when it comes to what is occurring on the field and by one player's blocking scheme, has a tendency to recognize a screen or trick play ... academically, was named Texas State's Male Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year ... carries over a 3.70 grade point average in physics ... each of the past two seasons has been apart of a league high number of Texas State players named to the Capital One/Southland Conference All-Academic squad ... a three-time selection for the Southland Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll ... a four-time Oak Farms Dairy academic award recipient at Texas State who has been on the Oak Farms Dairy Cream of the Crop Team by carrying a 4.0 grade point average ... is a candidate for the National Football Foundation's Draddy Award which is considered the "Academic Heisman."
2006: Ranked last season as one of the top 10 tacklers on the Texas State squad ... tallied 31 total tackles including 3.5 for lost yards and a quarterback sack ... also forced and recovered a fumble during the year ... had a four-tackle effort, including half credit for a tackle for lost yards early in the season against Northern Colorado ... in second straight road win at McNeese State, had a pass break up and a quarterback hurry in addition to two solo tackles ... recorded his first career, double-digit tackle game against Nicholls State ... had three solo stops and seven assists for 10 total tackles against the Colonels ... among the 10 was a solo stop for a three-yard loss.
2005: Registered 51 total tackles, including 29 solo stops as a sophomore ... also had 5.5 tackles for lost yards, two quarterback sacks ... forced one fumble and recovered another ... had four quarterback hurries and broke up three passes ... registered a career-high seven tackles in two games ... first seven-tackle performance came on the road at Texas A&M ... had two solo stops and five assists, forced a fumble and broke up a pass against the Big 12 school ... second seven-tackle game came against Georgia Southern in the first round of the NCAA playoffs ... had two tackles for lost yards including a six-yard quarterback sack in the game ... with Texas State leading 38-35 late in the fourth quarter, stopped GSU quarterback Jayson Foster for no gain on a second-down play ... the `Cats would go on to hold Georgia Southern on a fourth-down attempt then score again to stretch their lead to 44-35 ... Texas State scored 34 unanswered points as the Bobcat defense held GSU to 0 total yards in the fourth quarter ... had seven other games during sophomore season in which he was credited with four tackles ... among the four-tackle games was the season opener against Delta State ... was credited with a half sack and had a second tackle for lost yards against the Statesman ... had a season-high two quarterback hurries to go along with three tackles against South Dakota State ... registered three solo tackles including one for a five-yard loss in the Bobcats' Southland Conference championship-clinching win over Sam Houston State ... in addition to seven tackles against Georgia Southern, had four tackles in the Bobcats' two other playoff games against Cal Poly and UNI.
2004: Had 39 tackles as a rookie, including nine for losses (-41 yards) ... ranked just outside the team's top 10 in tackles ... registered 19 solo stops and 20 assists ... second on the team with 3.5 quarterback sacks (-30 yards) ... also credited with three quarterback hurries during freshman season ... registered a pair of tackles for lost yards in collegiate debut against Angelo State ... was in on a quarterback sack for a two-yard loss and also credited with a solo tackle for three lost yards ... had another tackle for loss the following week against Baylor ... in an overtime win over Southeastern Louisiana, had two solo tackles and three assists to finish with five total stops ... recorded a season-high six tackles -- four solos and two assists -- in the Bobcats' game against Division I-A opponent Florida Atlantic ... had 2.5 tackles for lost yards including 1.5 quarterback sacks (-10 yards) as well as a quarterback hurry against FAU ... in Southland Conference opener against Stephen F. Austin had 1.5 quarterback sacks (-18 yards) while finishing with one solo stop and four assists for three total tackles ... closed out the year with three tackles against Nicholls State and four tackles at Sam Houston State (two solo stops and two assists).
Naval Academy Prep School: Out of high school, played for the Naval Academy Prep School and was named the team's Most Valuable Player as well as selected a team captain ... registered 139 total tackles, including 15 quarterback sacks.
Everman High School: Three-year letter winner for Everman which posted a 41-3 record during Clark's career ... member of the school's back-to-back Class 3A State Championship teams junior and senior seasons ... registered 127 tackles as a senior ... was a two-time, First-Team All-State selection ... also a three-time all-district pick as well as named the district's Defensive Most Valuable Player as a senior.
Personal: Born July 23, 1985 in Fort Worth ... son of Jeff and LaQuita Clark ... is a physics major at Texas State.
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