Player Dossier

2019-2024

UTSA

Christian Clayton

DL • 6'3" • 335 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Christian Clayton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

15

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

8

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: 2020 Postseason · UTSA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Army

Player Story

Christian Clayton built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of Christian Clayton's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.7906

South Hills · Fort Worth, TX

Committed To
UTSA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Christian Clayton, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · UTSA. Christian Clayton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
83
TFL
14
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Christian Clayton quick answers

Latest team and position
UTSA · DL
Career Tackles
83
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 46 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · UTSA
Top game
Army
Recruit profile
2-star · South Hills · UTSA
High school pipeline
South Hills · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 95 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
18 tackles · DL 402nd (top 40%) · American Athletic 224th (top 35%) · National 2,170th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUTSA00-0--0-
2020 PostseasonUTSA101-0--053.5
2020 Regular SeasonUTSA10207.52--053.5
2021 PostseasonUTSA11210--022.4
2021 Regular SeasonUTSA11170.502-022.4
2022 Regular SeasonUTSA815201-019.9
2023 Regular SeasonUTSA6100.50--08.1
2024 PostseasonUTSA110-0-1041.2
2024 Regular SeasonUTSA11182.50.521041.2

Related Context

Christian Clayton played DL for UTSA. Across 6 tracked seasons, Christian Clayton recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with UTSA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

UTSA paired 9.5 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · UTSA

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

7.8

Usage

1.7

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Temple

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Houston: 0. Texas State: 0. Army: 0. Temple: 0.5. North Texas: 0. South Florida: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. Army: 2 by 8.3. Temple: 1 by 9.2. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. South Florida: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.1 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Temple

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs South Florida

Result
Sat 11/18vs South FloridaW 49-2132000
Sat 11/4@ North TexasW 37-2920000
Sat 10/7@ TempleW 49-34100.5000
Fri 9/15vs ArmyL 29-3720000
Sat 9/9vs Texas StateW 20-1310000
Sat 9/2@ HoustonL 14-1711000

Player Story

Christian Clayton story

Christian Clayton built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of Christian Clayton's career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Christian Clayton'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.

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    UTSA

    2019-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202020202120212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUTSA0
2020 PostseasonUTSA9.518.36.39.5
2020 Regular SeasonUTSA9.518.36.30
2021 PostseasonUTSA3.510.43.6-6
2021 Regular SeasonUTSA3.510.43.60
2022 Regular SeasonUTSA311.62.9-0.5
2023 Regular SeasonUTSA0.57.81.7-2.5
2024 PostseasonUTSA713.22.56.5
2024 Regular SeasonUTSA713.22.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Army

Week 7 · L 16-28

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#2

@ San Diego State

Week 1 · L 24-38 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas Southern

Week 4 · W 52-24

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#4

@ UAB

Week 5 · L 13-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Western Kentucky

Week 6 · W 52-46 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · UTSA

9.5 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 6.3 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · UTSA

53.5

9.5 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · UTSA

41.2

7 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games