2019 Football Roster
Tyler Clark
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Americus, Ga.
- High School:
- Americus-Sumter
Career Highs:
* 5 tackles (5X), last vs. Arkansas State, 2019
* 1.5 QB Sacks vs. Arkansas State, 2019
* 2 tackles for loss vs. Auburn, 2019
2019: A key player on Georgia teams that won 11 or more games three straight seasons, won three straight SEC Eastern Division titles, and played in three straight New Year’s Six Bowl game (2018 Rose, 2019 Allstate Sugar, 2020 Allstate Sugar)...also part of a senior class that won 44 games, tied for most in school history...All-SEC 2nd Team in 2019, as selected by the league’s coaches...started all 13 games in which he played...finished season with 26 total stops, including 2.5 sacks and a team-high 8.0 tackles for loss...also has seven QB pressures...had a tackle for a 4-yard loss in overtime vs. South Carolina...had two tackles for lost yardage in win at Auburn...had perhaps the biggest defensive play of the Texas A&M game, a fourth-quarter sack for a 10-yard loss...also assisted on a tackle for a 2-yard loss in the game...lone tackle vs. Ga. Tech resulted in a 4-yard loss...co-winner of Defensive “Up Front” award, given at team’s post-season awards gala...key part of a Georgia defense that finished with the #1 national ranking in Scoring Defense (12.6 ppg—school record for few points allowed in 12-+ game season), #1 national ranking in Rushing Defense (74.6 ypg—2nd best in school history), #1 nationally in fewest rushing TD’s allowed (2—school record), and #3 nationally in Total Defense (257.7 ypg)...preseason All-SEC Third Team Defense by media.
2018: Played in all 14 games, starting in 10...has 31 total stops, with 4.0 tackles for loss, one QB sack, three batted-down passes and three QB pressures...career-high five tackles in each of the last two games of the season, vs. Alabama and Texas...had a game-sealing fumble recovery in the fourth quarter at Kentucky...four stops (one sack) vs. LSU...had three tackles, including an assist on a QB sack, vs. Tennessee...had a key third-down stop for a 2-yard loss vs. Vanderbilt that stopped a Commodore drive... batted down passes vs. South Carolina, Vandy and UMass...selected as one of three game captains for the Missouri game.
2017: Played in 14 games, with 12 starts, including the last 10 contests...had 41 total stops, including 6.0 for lost yardage, 2.5 sacks and six QB pressures...matched career high of five tackles in each of the two CFP contests, including two stops for lost yardage and one sack for a loss of nine yards vs. Oklahoma...made two tackles (one solo) vs. Mississippi State...collected four total tackles (one solo) with one tackle for a loss of two yards and a QB hurry at Notre Dame..another tackle for lost yardage at Tennessee...made the first start of his career against App State with two assisted tackles...defensive winner of the Own the Trenches award after spring drills...recipient of the Griffin Athletic Scholarship.
2016: Played in all 13 games...has 21 total stops this season, including 1.5 tackles for loss and an assisted QB sack...also credited with four QB pressures...season-best five tackles vs. Louisiana...had four tackles and assisted on a second-quarter QB sack at South Carolina...made three assisted tackles against Nicholls...made two tackles (1 solo, 1 assisted) at Missouri...had a pair of assists in win vs. Auburn...his lone tackle at Kentucky resulted in a 2-yard loss...recipient of the Atlanta-Greensboro Football Scholarship.
High School: Americus-Sumter County High, coached by Dexter Dawson … PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, All-Southeast Region …… 247sports.com four-star prospect, #25 DT nationally, #22 prospect in Georgia … ESPN four-star prospect, #30 DT nationally, #33 overall prospect in Georgia … Rivals.com four-star prospect, #22 DT nationally, #30 prospect in Georgia … Scout four-star prospect, #159 overall prospect and #18 DT in the country….Dawg Post #14 overall prospect and #4 DT in Georgia… Participant in Offense-Defense Diamonds in the Rough game…. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Class AAAA All-State Honorable Mention.
Personal: TYLER BERNARD CLARK…Major: Sport Management...recipient of the Atlanta-Greensboro and Dr. & Mrs. Howard Williams III Football Scholarships.
