Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2023Kansas State
Jake Clifton
LB • 6'2" • 222 lbs • Owasso, OK, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jake Clifton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Player Story
Jake Clifton built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a linebacker from Owasso, OK wearing No. 31, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Jake Clifton's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Kansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jake Clifton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Kansas State. Jake Clifton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 34
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Jake Clifton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 34
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- Houston
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Owasso · Kansas State
- High school pipeline
- Owasso · 30 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Sophomore
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · LB 509th (top 42%) · Big 12 166th (top 26%) · National 1,705th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 4 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 48.8 |
Related Context
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Jake Clifton played LB for Kansas State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jake Clifton recorded 34 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 5 primary output with 21.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
21.4
Usage
7.1
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 2. Oklahoma State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. TCU: 0. Houston: 2. Texas: 1. Baylor: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 2 by 28.3. Oklahoma State: 4 by 16.7. Texas Tech: 3 by 12.5. TCU: 3 by 12.5. Houston: 3 by 32.5. Texas: 8 by 43.3. Baylor: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs Texas
Player Story
Jake Clifton story
Jake Clifton built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a linebacker from Owasso, OK wearing No. 31, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Jake Clifton's career was his defensive production: 34 tackles and 2 tackles for loss across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Jake Clifton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2022-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 10.4 | 2.4 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 5 | 21.4 | 7.1 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Houston
Week 9 · W 41-0 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
vs UCF
Week 4 · W 44-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas
Week 10 · L 30-33 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
#4
vs South Dakota
Week 1 · W 34-0
0
Havoc Plays
15.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 9 · W 48-0 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
13.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Kansas State
5 primary output · 21.4 efficiency · 7.1 usage
48.8
#2
2022 Regular Season · Kansas State
43.4
0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 2.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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