Player Dossier

2008-2011

UNLV

Mike Clausen

DB • 6'2" • Riverside, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Mike Clausen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

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Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

10

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Player Story

Mike Clausen built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a defensive back from Riverside, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Mike Clausen's career was his passing role: 1,276...

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Mike Clausen, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · UNLV. Mike Clausen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
20

Quick Answers

Mike Clausen quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · UNLV
Top game
New Mexico
Latest roster
No. 6 · Class 2011

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonUNLV80-0--750
2009 Regular SeasonUNLV120-0--1150
2010 Regular SeasonUNLV30-0--139.3
2011 Regular SeasonUNLV40-0--137.8

Related Context

Mike Clausen played DB for UNLV. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mike Clausen recorded 1,276 passing yards, 368 rushing yards, and 20 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

UNLV paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 0. Arizona State: 0. Iowa State: 0. BYU: 0. TCU: 0. New Mexico: 0. Wyoming: 0. San Diego State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

0 vs San Diego State

Result
Sun 11/23@ San Diego StateL 21-42
Fri 11/14vs WyomingW 22-14
Sun 11/9vs New MexicoW 27-20
Sun 11/2vs TCUL 14-44
Sat 10/25@ BYUL 35-42
Sun 9/21vs Iowa StateW 34-31
Sun 9/14@ Arizona StateW 23-20
Sun 8/31vs Utah StateW 27-17

Player Story

Mike Clausen story

Mike Clausen built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a defensive back from Riverside, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Mike Clausen's career was his passing role: 1,276 passing yards, 11 touchdown passes, 225 attempts, and 368 rushing yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with UNLV. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 368 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV.

The arc is straightforward: Mike Clausen moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    UNLV

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonUNLV00
2009 Regular SeasonUNLV000
2010 Regular SeasonUNLV16.71
2011 Regular SeasonUNLV150

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico

Week 4 · W 45-10 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Nevada

Week 6 · L 0-37

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ San Diego State

Week 13 · L 21-42 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#4

vs Wyoming

Week 12 · W 22-14 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

vs New Mexico

Week 11 · W 27-20 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · UNLV

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

50

#2

2009 Regular Season · UNLV

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · UNLV

39.3

1 primary · 6.7 efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games