Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Syracuse
Alijah Clark
DB • 6'1" • 187 lbs • Camden, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Alijah Clark shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Syracuse
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Rutgers • Syracuse
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Alijah Clark built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Camden, NJ wearing No. 5, spending time with Rutgers and Syracuse. The clearest part of Alijah Clark's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Rutgers
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Alijah Clark, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Syracuse. Alijah Clark shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 172
- TFL
- 9.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Alijah Clark quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Syracuse · DB
- Career Tackles
- 172
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Syracuse
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Camden · Rutgers
- High school pipeline
- Camden · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 59 tackles · DB 80th (top 9%) · ACC 57th (top 8%) · National 395th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Rutgers | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Syracuse | 11 | 48 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 28.9 |
| 2023 Postseason | Syracuse | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Syracuse | 12 | 61 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 43.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Syracuse | 12 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 58.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Syracuse | 12 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 58.2 |
Related Context
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Alijah Clark played DB for Rutgers and Syracuse. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alijah Clark recorded 172 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Syracuse.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Syracuse paired 9.5 primary output with 28.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Rutgers, Syracuse.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Syracuse
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
28.4
Usage
6.7
Consistency
48.2
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 1.5. Ohio: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Stanford: 1. Holy Cross: 0. UNLV: 0.5. NC State: 0. Pittsburgh: 3. Virginia Tech: 0. Boston College: 1. California: 0.5. Miami: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington State: 6 by 40. Ohio: 9 by 37.5. Georgia Tech: 5 by 30.8. Stanford: 6 by 35. Holy Cross: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 6 by 30. NC State: 4 by 16.7. Pittsburgh: 4 by 46.7. Virginia Tech: 4 by 16.7. Boston College: 9 by 47.5. California: 4 by 21.7. Miami: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 9 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 3 · +1.2 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
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
47.5 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | @ Washington State | W 52-35 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs Miami | W 42-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ California | W 33-25 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Boston College | L 31-37 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Virginia Tech | W 38-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/24 | @ PittsburghSplash game | L 13-41 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/13 | @ NC State | W 24-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ UNLV | W 44-41 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Holy Cross | W 42-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/20 | vs Stanford | L 24-26 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Georgia Tech | W 31-28 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Ohio | W 38-22 | 9 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Alijah Clark story
Alijah Clark built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Camden, NJ wearing No. 5, spending time with Rutgers and Syracuse. The clearest part of Alijah Clark's career was his defensive production: 172 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 9 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Alijah Clark's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Rutgers
2021
Opening stop
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Syracuse
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Rutgers | 1 | 7.5 | 2.8 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Syracuse | 4.5 | 22.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Syracuse | 8.5 | 28.6 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Syracuse | 8.5 | 28.6 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Syracuse | 9.5 | 28.4 | 6.7 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Syracuse | 9.5 | 28.4 | 6.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wake Forest
Week 12 · L 35-45 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Pittsburgh
Week 9 · L 13-41 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Clemson
Week 5 · L 14-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
80.5 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Florida State
Week 7 · L 3-41 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Notre Dame
Week 9 · L 24-41
1.5
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Syracuse
9.5 primary output · 28.4 efficiency · 6.7 usage
58.2
#2
2024 Regular Season · Syracuse
58.2
9.5 primary · 28.4 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Syracuse
43.4
8.5 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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