Player Dossier

2014-2017

Georgia State

B.J. Clay

CB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Dacula, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

B.J. Clay shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

66

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

24

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Georgia State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UT Martin

Player Story

B.J. Clay built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a cornerback from Dacula, GA wearing No. 29, spending time with Georgia State. The clearest part of B.J. Clay's career was his defensive production: 17...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7333

Dacula · Dacula, GA

Committed To
Georgia State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

B.J. Clay, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia State. B.J. Clay shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
17
Passes defended
8
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

B.J. Clay quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia State · CB
Career Tackles
17
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Georgia State
Top game
UT Martin
Recruit profile
2-star · Dacula · Georgia State
High school pipeline
Dacula · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 29 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
7 tackles · CB 251st (top 67%) · Sun Belt 290th (top 55%) · National 3,009th (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia State710-0-5241.3
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia State57-0-3018.2

Related Context

B.J. Clay played CB for Georgia State. Across 4 tracked seasons, B.J. Clay recorded 17 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Georgia State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Georgia State paired 8 primary output with 17.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UT Martin

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Georgia State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

17.4

Usage

4

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

UT Martin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 0. Air Force: 0. App State: 1. UT Martin: 5. South Alabama: 2. Arkansas State: 0. Georgia Southern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. App State: 0 by 10. UT Martin: 3 by 62.5. South Alabama: 3 by 32.5. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.5 · Games = 2 · +1.9 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · -1.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UT Martin

Best efficiency game

62.5 vs UT Martin

Result
Sat 11/19vs Georgia SouthernW 30-2410000
Thu 11/3vs Arkansas StateL 16-3111000
Sat 10/29@ South AlabamaSplash gameL 10-13310011
Sat 10/22vs UT MartinSplash gameW 31-6330023
Sat 10/1@ App StateL 3-1700001
Sat 9/10@ Air ForceL 14-4810000
Fri 9/2vs Ball StateL 21-3110000

Player Story

B.J. Clay story

B.J. Clay built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a cornerback from Dacula, GA wearing No. 29, spending time with Georgia State. The clearest part of B.J. Clay's career was his defensive production: 17 tackles, 3 interceptions, and 8 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Georgia State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but B.J. Clay's production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia State.

The arc is straightforward: B.J. Clay 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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    Georgia State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia State0
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia State00
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia State817.448
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia State311.91.2-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UT Martin

Week 8 · W 31-6

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#2

vs South Alabama

Week 9 · W 21-13 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#3

@ South Alabama

Week 9 · L 10-13 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

49.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Troy

Week 8 · L 10-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

23.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.6 takeover score.

#5

@ App State

Week 5 · L 3-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

10 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Georgia State

8 primary output · 17.4 efficiency · 4 usage

41.3

#2

2017 Regular Season · Georgia State

18.2

3 primary · 11.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Georgia State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games