Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024USC
Nate Clifton
DT • 6'4" • 295 lbs • La Vergne, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nate Clifton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
55
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt • USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama A&M
Player Story
Nate Clifton built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from La Vergne, TN wearing No. 99, spending time with USC and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Nate Clifton's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Nate Clifton, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Nate Clifton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 114
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 8.5
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Nate Clifton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · DT
- Career Tackles
- 114
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Alabama A&M
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Brentwood Academy · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Brentwood Academy · 43 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DT 83rd (top 36%) · Big Ten 259th (top 32%) · National 1,975th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 13.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 10 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 10 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 30 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 63.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 9 | 21 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 32.6 |
Related Context
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Nate Clifton played DT for Vanderbilt and USC. Across 6 tracked seasons, Nate Clifton recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 19 primary output with 26.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.3 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Vanderbilt, USC.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2024 Regular Season · USC
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
15.3
Usage
4.8
Consistency
48.5
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. LSU: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Minnesota: 0.5. Penn State: 0.5. Maryland: 1. Rutgers: 0. Washington: 0. UCLA: 2. Notre Dame: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 2 by 18.3. Minnesota: 3 by 17.5. Penn State: 2 by 13.3. Maryland: 3 by 22.5. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 2 by 28.3. Notre Dame: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UCLA
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs UCLA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Notre Dame | L 35-49 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | @ UCLASplash game | W 19-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Washington | L 21-26 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Rutgers | W 42-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Maryland | L 28-29 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Penn State | L 30-33 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Minnesota | L 17-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Wisconsin | W 38-21 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/1 | @ LSU | W 27-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nate Clifton story
Nate Clifton built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from La Vergne, TN wearing No. 99, spending time with USC and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Nate Clifton's career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Nate Clifton'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
Vanderbilt
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
USC
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 2 | 9 | 3.4 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 4 | 18.6 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 9 | 18.2 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 19 | 26.2 | 9.3 | 10 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 5 | 15.3 | 4.8 | -14 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Alabama A&M
Week 1 · W 47-13
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#2
vs East Tennessee State
Week 1 · L 3-23
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Elon
Week 1 · W 42-31
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Tennessee
Week 15 · L 17-42 · 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.
#5
@ UCLA
Week 13 · W 19-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
19 primary output · 26.2 efficiency · 9.3 usage
63.7
#2
2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
43.5
9 primary · 18.2 efficiency · 6.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · USC
32.6
5 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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