Player Dossier

2019-2024

Fresno State

Dean Clark

DB • 6'1" • 206 lbs • Massillon, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dean Clark shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

90%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

91

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

69

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Kent State • Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Player Story

Dean Clark built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Massillon, OH wearing No. 32, spending time with Fresno State and Kent State. The clearest part of Dean Clark's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8106

Washington · Massillon, OH

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Dean Clark, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Fresno State. Dean Clark shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
293
TFL
6
Sacks
2
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Dean Clark quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · DB
Career Tackles
293
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 48 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Fresno State
Top game
Northern Illinois
Recruit profile
3-star · Washington · Kent State
High school pipeline
Washington · 38 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 32 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
56 tackles · DB 94th (top 10%) · Mountain West 47th (top 9%) · National 464th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonKent State46-0--038.3
2020 Regular SeasonKent State428-0-2038.8
2021 PostseasonKent State1413-0--035.8
2021 Regular SeasonKent State1410320-3035.8
2022 Regular SeasonKent State27-0--043.9
2023 PostseasonFresno State126-0--058.8
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State12741023058.8
2024 PostseasonFresno State1251012055.5
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State12512212055.5

Related Context

Dean Clark played DB for Kent State and Fresno State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Dean Clark recorded 293 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Fresno State paired 9 primary output with 35.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 37.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kent State, Fresno State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Kent State

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

37.8

Usage

6.5

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. Texas A&M: 0. VMI: 1. Iowa: 0. Maryland: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Buffalo: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Ohio: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Central Michigan: 0. Akron: 0. Miami (OH): 2. Northern Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wyoming: 13 by 50. Texas A&M: 8 by 33.3. VMI: 7 by 39.2. Iowa: 5 by 20.8. Maryland: 8 by 43.3. Bowling Green: 6 by 25. Buffalo: 10 by 41.7. Western Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Ohio: 7 by 29.2. Northern Illinois: 11 by 55.8. Central Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Akron: 9 by 37.5. Miami (OH): 7 by 49.2. Northern Illinois: 12 by 50

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Tue 12/21@ Wyoming10+ tacklesL 38-52138000
Sat 12/4@ Northern Illinois10+ tacklesL 23-41123000
Sat 11/27vs Miami (OH)Splash gameW 48-4777101
Sat 11/20@ AkronW 38-098000
Thu 11/11@ Central MichiganL 30-5487000
Wed 11/3vs Northern Illinois10+ tacklesW 52-47119100
Sat 10/23@ OhioW 34-2773000
Sat 10/16@ Western MichiganL 31-6454000
Sat 10/9vs Buffalo10+ tacklesW 48-38106000
Sat 10/2vs Bowling GreenW 27-2064000
Sat 9/25@ MarylandL 16-3788001
Sat 9/18@ IowaL 7-3054000
Sat 9/11vs VMIW 60-1074001
Sun 9/5@ Texas A&ML 10-4183000

Player Story

Dean Clark story

Dean Clark built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Massillon, OH wearing No. 32, spending time with Fresno State and Kent State. The clearest part of Dean Clark's career was his defensive production: 293 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 48 career games in the available record. His career also includes 16 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Dean Clark's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Kent State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Fresno State

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonKent State06.31
2020 Regular SeasonKent State336.76.63
2021 PostseasonKent State537.86.52
2021 Regular SeasonKent State537.86.50
2022 Regular SeasonKent State014.62.1-5
2023 PostseasonFresno State935.38.59
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State935.38.50
2024 PostseasonFresno State1230.373
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State1230.370

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Northern Illinois

Week 1 · L 20-28 · Postseason

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

vs UNLV

Week 9 · W 31-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Miami (OH)

Week 13 · W 48-47 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 10 · W 27-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#5

@ San Diego State

Week 13 · L 18-33 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Fresno State

9 primary output · 35.3 efficiency · 8.5 usage

58.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · Fresno State

58.8

9 primary · 35.3 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Fresno State

55.5

12 primary · 30.3 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

8

Splash games

7

10+ tackle games