Player Dossier

2022-2023

Coastal Carolina

Clayton Isbell

S • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Naperville, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Clayton Isbell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Utah • Coastal Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

Clayton Isbell built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a safety from Naperville, IL wearing No. 22, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Utah. The clearest part of Clayton Isbell's career was his...

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Clayton Isbell, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Coastal Carolina. Clayton Isbell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
105
TFL
5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Clayton Isbell quick answers

Latest team and position
Coastal Carolina · S
Career Tackles
105
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 21 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
Top game
UCLA
Latest roster
No. 22 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
89 tackles · S 12th (top 3%) · Sun Belt 16th (top 3%) · National 83rd (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonUtah6160.501-016.8
2023 PostseasonCoastal Carolina133-0--056.1
2023 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina13864.51-5056.1

Related Context

Clayton Isbell played S for Utah and Coastal Carolina. Across 2 tracked seasons, Clayton Isbell recorded 105 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Coastal Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Coastal Carolina paired 13.5 primary output with 38.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 38.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah, Coastal Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

38.6

Usage

8.5

Consistency

15.4

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San José State: 0. UCLA: 3. Jacksonville State: 1. Duquesne: 0. Georgia State: 0. Georgia Southern: 3. App State: 0. Arkansas State: 2. Marshall: 0. Old Dominion: 2. Texas State: 2.5. Army: 0. James Madison: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San José State: 3 by 12.5. UCLA: 9 by 67.5. Jacksonville State: 4 by 26.7. Duquesne: 2 by 8.3. Georgia State: 5 by 20.8. Georgia Southern: 5 by 50.8. App State: 6 by 25. Arkansas State: 7 by 49.2. Marshall: 8 by 33.3. Old Dominion: 6 by 45. Texas State: 11 by 70.8. Army: 13 by 50. James Madison: 10 by 41.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Texas State

Result
Sun 12/24@ San José StateW 24-1432000
Sat 11/25vs James Madison10+ tacklesL 14-56102000
Sat 11/18@ Army10+ tacklesL 21-28136000
Sat 11/11vs Texas State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 31-231152.5000
Sat 11/4@ Old DominionSplash gameW 28-2463110
Sat 10/28vs MarshallW 34-684000
Sat 10/21@ Arkansas StateSplash gameW 27-1775002
Tue 10/10@ App StateW 27-2465000
Sat 9/30@ Georgia SouthernSplash gameL 28-3854003
Thu 9/21vs Georgia StateL 17-3053000
Sat 9/16vs DuquesneW 66-721000
Sat 9/9vs Jacksonville StateW 30-1644100
Sun 9/3@ UCLASplash gameL 13-27950030

Player Story

Clayton Isbell story

Clayton Isbell built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a safety from Naperville, IL wearing No. 22, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Utah. The clearest part of Clayton Isbell's career was his defensive production: 105 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Coastal Carolina. 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 Clayton Isbell's production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Coastal Carolina and Utah.

The arc is straightforward: Clayton Isbell 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Utah

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Coastal Carolina

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUtah1.513.63.7
2023 PostseasonCoastal Carolina13.538.68.512
2023 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina13.538.68.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UCLA

Week 1 · L 13-27

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Texas State

Week 11 · W 31-23 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

84.7 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Old Dominion

Week 10 · W 28-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Georgia Southern

Week 5 · L 28-38 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Arkansas State

Week 8 · W 27-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

13.5 primary output · 38.6 efficiency · 8.5 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

56.1

13.5 primary · 38.6 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Utah

16.8

1.5 primary · 13.6 efficiency · 3.7 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games