Player Career

C.J. Clark Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

C.J. Clark story

C.J. Clark built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from New London, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with Miami and NC State. The clearest part of C.J. Clark's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 48 career games in the available record. That gives C.J. 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

    NC State

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Miami

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202020202120222022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNC State04.20.8
2020 PostseasonNC State310.82.23
2020 Regular SeasonNC State310.82.20
2021 Regular SeasonNC State331.710.70
2022 PostseasonNC State9.5186.36.5
2022 Regular SeasonNC State9.5186.30
2023 Regular SeasonNC State815.64.1-1.5
2024 PostseasonMiami2.582.1-5.5
2024 Regular SeasonMiami2.582.10

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024NC State to MiamiP4 to P482.8Nov 30, 2023

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Texas Tech

Week 3 · W 27-14

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Miami

Week 10 · W 20-6 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#3

vs South Florida

Week 1 · W 45-0

2

Havoc Plays

65.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Virginia

Week 4 · W 24-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Miami

Week 10 · L 41-44 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

62 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · NC State

3 primary output · 31.7 efficiency · 10.7 usage

56.2

#2

2022 Postseason · NC State

55.1

9.5 primary · 18 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · NC State

55.1

9.5 primary · 18 efficiency · 6.3 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games