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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025TCU
Bud Clark
S • 6'2" • 185 lbs • Alexandria, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Bud Clark shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34 disruption score.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
13
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · TCU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- TCU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Bud Clark built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a safety from Alexandria, LA wearing No. 21, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Bud Clark's career was his defensive production: 194 tackles, 3.5...
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- Committed To
- TCU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 32
- Overall
- No. 64
- NFL Team
- Seattle Seahawks
Bud Clark, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · TCU. Bud Clark shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 194
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 19
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Bud Clark quick answers
- Latest team and position
- TCU · S
- Career Tackles
- 194
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · TCU
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Alexandria · TCU
- High school pipeline
- Alexandria · 13 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 2 · Pick 32 · Seattle Seahawks
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 56 tackles · S 89th (top 16%) · Big 12 52nd (top 8%) · National 470th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | TCU | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2021 Regular Season | TCU | 3 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.6 |
| 2022 Postseason | TCU | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 52 |
| 2022 Regular Season | TCU | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 52 |
| 2023 Regular Season | TCU | 10 | 30 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 43.3 |
| 2024 Postseason | TCU | 12 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 12 | 65 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | TCU | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 58.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | TCU | 11 | 54 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 58.5 |
Related Context
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Bud Clark played S for TCU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Bud Clark recorded 194 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with TCU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
TCU paired 14.5 primary output with 34 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: California
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · TCU
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
13.9
Usage
3.5
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
California
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duquesne: 0. California: 0. SMU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duquesne: 3 by 12.5. California: 4 by 16.7. SMU: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
16.7 vs California
Player Story
Bud Clark story
Bud Clark built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a safety from Alexandria, LA wearing No. 21, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Bud Clark's career was his defensive production: 194 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 15 interceptions across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with TCU. 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 Bud Clark's production has multiple signals. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across TCU.
The arc is straightforward: Bud Clark 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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TCU
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | TCU | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | TCU | 0 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | TCU | 11 | 22.3 | 6.2 | 11 |
| 2022 Regular Season | TCU | 11 | 22.3 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | TCU | 8 | 20.5 | 3.9 | -3 |
| 2024 Postseason | TCU | 6 | 28.6 | 5.5 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 6 | 28.6 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | TCU | 14.5 | 34 | 6.7 | 8.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | TCU | 14.5 | 34 | 6.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 96 Colorado
Week 6 · W 35-21 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Oklahoma State
Week 11 · W 38-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Arizona
Week 13 · W 49-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 33 Iowa State
Week 11 · L 17-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 7 · W 43-40 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
62.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · TCU
14.5 primary output · 34 efficiency · 6.7 usage
58.5
#2
2025 Regular Season · TCU
58.5
14.5 primary · 34 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2022 Postseason · TCU
52
11 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
9
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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