Safety, TCU, 2020–25
Bud Clark
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Alexandria, LA
- Born
- May 3, 2002
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Bud Clark played safety at TCU (2020–25). The Seattle Seahawks took Clark in round 2, No. 64 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
13tackles, career highat West Virginia, 20252interceptions, career highvs. Iowa State, 2025Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | TCU | 21 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | TCU | 21 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | TCU | 21 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | TCU | 21 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | TCU | 21 | S | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | TCU | 21 | S | Sr. (Yr 6) | 6′2″ | 185 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 TCU 11 games, 56 tackles, 1 sack, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at North Carolina | W 48–14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Abilene Christian | W 42–21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. SMU | W 35–24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 26 | at Arizona State | L 24–27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Colorado | W 35–21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 11 | at Kansas State | L 28–41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Baylor | W 42–36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at West Virginia | W 23–17 | 13 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Iowa State | L 17–20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at BYU | L 13–44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. USC | W 30–27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2024 TCU 12 games, 68 tackles, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Stanford | W 34–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | vs. UCF | L 34–35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | atSMU | L 42–66 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Kansas | W 38–27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Houston | L 19–30 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Utah | W 13–7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Texas Tech | W 35–34 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | atBaylor | L 34–37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 38–13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Arizona | W 49–28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | at Cincinnati | W 20–13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Louisiana | W 34–3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2023 TCU 10 games, 30 tackles, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs.Colorado | L 42–45 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | atHouston | W 36–13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.SMU | W 34–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs.West Virginia | L 21–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | atIowa State | L 14–27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 14 | vs.BYU | W 44–11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atKansas State | L 3–41 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | atTexas Tech | L 28–35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Baylor | W 42–17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | at Oklahoma | L 45–69 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 TCU 10 games, 27 tackles, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vs.Oklahoma | W 55–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atKansas | W 38–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Oklahoma State | W 43–40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Kansas State | W 38–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | atWest Virginia | W 41–31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Texas Tech | W 34–24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Texas | W 17–10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 19 | atBaylor | W 29–28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Iowa State | W 62–14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Michigan | W 51–45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 TCU 3 games, 10 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Duquesne | W 45–3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. California | W 34–32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs.SMU | L 34–42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 TCU 3 games, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | vs.Oklahoma | L 14–33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | atKansas | W 59–23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | vs.Oklahoma State | W 29–22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2026 Senior Bowl (National team, lost 9–17).
| Drill | Combine 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅞″ |
| Weight | 188 lb |
| Arm length | 31½″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| Wingspan | 76½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.41 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 s |
| Vertical jump | 38″ |
| Broad jump | 10′7″ |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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