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Clark Fact: Returning starter at defensive tackle who had his first career sack against #13 Miami (FL).
Years Lettered: 2003,04,05
Years Starter: 2005
Fall 2006 Depth Chart Position: Co-first-team nose guard
Overview: Suffered a torn ACL in the seventh game of 2005 against Temple; had two tackles, including a tackle for loss, in the first 15 snaps of that game before he was injured...should return in 2006 and compete with Dorell Scott for a starting position...one of the strongest players on the team, in many ways the strongest among defenders...has a 455-pound bench press, third-best on the team and best among defenders...has a 400-pound lift in the hang clean that is also best among defensive players on the team and tied for third overall...did 26 reps of 225 pounds, tied for fourth-best on the team...did a 620-pound squat lift in February that ranked fourth-best on the team...has a 340-pound power clean that is tied for sixth-best on the team...recorded a 290-pound lift in the power clean push press, tied for seventh-best on the team...averaged 26.7 plays per game as a sophomore and 27.3 per game in the seven contests he played as a junior...missed all of the 2006 spring practice recovering from his surgery.
2005: Starter at defensive tackle over the first half of the season; he started six of the seven games he played in...had 11 tackles, including three against #13 Miami (FL); had an eight-yard sack in that game, one of his two sacks on the season; ironically, that was the only game within the first seven that he did not start...had a season-high-tying three tackles in 33 plays at Wake Forest; had his second career sack in that game...played in seven games...had just 11 tackles for the year, but four were behind the line of scrimmage.
2004: Had 12 first hits to go along with five assists; he appeared in all 11 games for an average of 27 plays per game...had a season-high three tackles in each of the first two games, including the overtime victory against Wake Forest when he had three first hits, and the loss to Georgia Tech when he played a career-high 37 plays...had at least one tackle in every game except the Miami (FL) contest...had his first career tackle for loss at Duke...totaled 10 of his 17 tackles during the season within the first five games...played at least 20 snaps in every game.
2003: Appeared in three games and played 22 total snaps...played eight snaps in the win at Georgia Tech, then seven each in wins over Duke and South Carolina...Clemson was 3-0 in the games he played...did not record a tackle, but that will change in his sophomore season.
2002: Red-shirted.
Before Clemson: Three-year letterman in football and team captain his senior year...led Griffin High School with 99 tackles as a senior...had two interceptions and four sacks...had four tackles for loss...was the team captain for Griffin High and for the Georgia squad in the annual Georgia/Florida All-Star game...had seven tackles and three assists in that game...two-year letterman in wrestling who won the region championship as a heavyweight...a three-year letterman in track...region champion in the shot put and was the runner-up in the discus...a two-star prospect according to TheInsiders.com...ranked as the 54th-best tight end in the nation by TheInsiders.com...three-star prospect by Rivals100.com and the 53rd-best inside linebacker by that website...coached by Steve DeVoursney...chose Clemson over Auburn, Florida State, and Georgia...born December 7, 1983.
