Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018App State
Clifton Duck
DB • 5'10" • 175 lbs • Matthews, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Clifton Duck shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
66
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · App State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- App State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Player Story
Clifton Duck built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a defensive back from Matthews, NC wearing No. 4, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Clifton Duck's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- App State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Clifton Duck, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · App State. Clifton Duck shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 151
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 19
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Clifton Duck quick answers
- Latest team and position
- App State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 151
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · App State
- Top game
- New Mexico State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Butler · App State
- High school pipeline
- Butler · 25 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Junior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · DB 169th (top 20%) · Sun Belt 63rd (top 14%) · National 798th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | App State | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 60.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | App State | 13 | 54 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 60.2 |
| 2017 Postseason | App State | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | App State | 12 | 48 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2018 Postseason | App State | 13 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | App State | 13 | 44 | 2 | 0 | - | 5 | 2 | 38.8 |
Related Context
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Clifton Duck played DB for App State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Clifton Duck recorded 5 receiving yards, 151 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with App State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
App State paired 16.5 primary output with 30.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 21 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · App State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
21
Usage
4.1
Consistency
51.3
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 0. Penn State: 1. Charlotte: 1. Gardner-Webb: 0. South Alabama: 1. Arkansas State: 0. Louisiana: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Coastal Carolina: 1. Texas State: 0. Georgia State: 2. Troy: 1. Louisiana: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 7 by 39.2. Charlotte: 3 by 22.5. Gardner-Webb: 5 by 20.8. South Alabama: 2 by 18.3. Arkansas State: 5 by 20.8. Louisiana: 4 by 16.7. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 18.3. Texas State: 5 by 20.8. Georgia State: 7 by 49.2. Louisiana: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 11 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia State
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Georgia State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/16 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 45-13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 12/1 | vs Louisiana | W 30-19 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/24 | vs Troy | W 21-10 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Georgia StateSplash game | W 45-17 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Texas State | W 38-7 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Coastal Carolina | W 23-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 10/25 | @ Georgia Southern | L 14-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Louisiana | W 27-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/10 | @ Arkansas State | W 35-9 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs South Alabama | W 52-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Gardner-Webb | W 72-7 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Charlotte | W 45-9 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Penn State | L 38-45 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Clifton Duck story
Clifton Duck built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a defensive back from Matthews, NC wearing No. 4, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Clifton Duck's career was his defensive production: 151 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 12 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with App 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 Clifton Duck's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 5 receiving yards and 354 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across App State.
The arc is straightforward: Clifton Duck 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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App State
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620162017201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | App State | 16.5 | 30.6 | 7.2 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | App State | 16.5 | 30.6 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | App State | 16 | 30.7 | 5.9 | -0.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | App State | 16 | 30.7 | 5.9 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | App State | 8 | 21 | 4.1 | -8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | App State | 8 | 21 | 4.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs New Mexico State
Week 6 · W 45-31 · Conference game
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Georgia State
Week 12 · W 45-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Idaho
Week 8 · W 37-19 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Akron
Week 4 · W 45-38
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia Southern
Week 9 · W 34-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · App State
16.5 primary output · 30.6 efficiency · 7.2 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · App State
60.2
16.5 primary · 30.6 efficiency · 7.2 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · App State
53.1
16 primary · 30.7 efficiency · 5.9 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
9
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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