Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Stanford
Clay Patterson
DL • 6'3" • 280 lbs • Frisco, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Clay Patterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
73
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
Clay Patterson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Frisco, TX wearing No. 91, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Clay Patterson's career was his defensive...
Read the storyClay Patterson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Stanford. Clay Patterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 35
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Clay Patterson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Stanford · DL
- Career Tackles
- 35
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Stanford
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Latest roster
- No. 91 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DL 111th (top 11%) · ACC 173rd (top 22%) · National 1,213th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Stanford | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 30.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Stanford | 12 | 33 | 5.5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 61.7 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Clay Patterson played DL for Stanford. Across 2 tracked seasons, Clay Patterson recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Stanford paired 16.5 primary output with 25.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
25.2
Usage
8.5
Consistency
50.2
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 4. BYU: 2. Boston College: 2. Virginia: 0. San José State: 1. SMU: 2. Florida State: 0. Miami: 1.5. Pittsburgh: 1. North Carolina: 0. California: 3. Notre Dame: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 2 by 48.3. BYU: 4 by 36.7. Boston College: 2 by 28.3. Virginia: 3 by 12.5. San José State: 0 by 10. SMU: 3 by 32.5. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 3 by 27.5. Pittsburgh: 5 by 30.8. North Carolina: 3 by 12.5. California: 2 by 38.3. Notre Dame: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Hawai'i
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs Notre Dame | L 20-49 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | vs CaliforniaSplash game | W 31-10 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ North Carolina | L 15-20 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Pittsburgh | L 20-35 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Miami | L 7-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | vs Florida State | W 20-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ SMUSplash game | L 10-34 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs San José State | W 30-29 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Virginia | L 20-48 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Boston CollegeSplash game | W 30-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | @ BYUSplash game | L 3-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Hawai'i2+ sacks · Splash game | L 20-23 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Clay Patterson story
Clay Patterson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Frisco, TX wearing No. 91, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Clay Patterson's career was his defensive production: 35 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Stanford. 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 Clay Patterson's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Stanford.
The arc is straightforward: Clay Patterson 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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Stanford
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Stanford | 2 | 9.4 | 4.4 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Stanford | 16.5 | 25.2 | 8.5 | 14.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 68 Hawai'i
Week 1 · L 20-23
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#2
@ UConn
Week 7
3
Havoc Plays
75.4 takeover
Game with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.4 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 80 California
Week 13 · W 31-10 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 18 BYU
Week 2 · L 3-27 · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 23 SMU
Week 7 · L 10-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
58.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Stanford
16.5 primary output · 25.2 efficiency · 8.5 usage
61.7
#2
2024 Regular Season · Stanford
30.8
2 primary · 9.4 efficiency · 4.4 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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