Damone Clark
{{Short description|American football player (born 2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Damone Clark
| image = Damone Clark.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Clark with the LSU Tigers in 2019
| current_team = Dallas Cowboys
| number = 18
| position = Linebacker
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|6|28}}
| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 240
| high_school = Southern University Laboratory {{avoid wrap|(Baton Rouge, Louisiana)}}
| college = LSU (2018–2021)
| draftyear = 2022
| draftround = 5
| draftpick = 176
| pastteams =
- Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|2022}}–present)
| status = Active
| highlights =
- CFP national champion (2019)
- Second-team All-American (2021)
- First-team All-SEC (2021)
| statseason = 2024
| statweek =
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 184
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 0.5
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 2
| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4 = 1
| statlabel5 = Pass deflections
| statvalue5 = 4
| pfr = ClarDa02
}}
Damone Clark ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|m|oʊ|n}} {{respell|duh|MONE}};{{Cite web |title=2022 Dallas Cowboys Media Guide |url=https://static.www.nfl.com/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2022/DAL.pdf |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=NFL.com |publisher=National Football League}} born June 28, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers.
Early life
Clark was born and lived in New Orleans until his family was displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, after which they moved to Baton Rouge.{{Cite web |last=Dellenger |first=Ross |date=January 15, 2017 |title=A real pick-me-up: Southern Lab LB Damone Clark commits to LSU at midfield of Tiger Stadium |url=https://www.nola.com/article_926bae31-2512-55cf-80d3-20dc00765603.html |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=NOLA.com}} He attended Southern University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge.{{Cite web |last=Weathers |first=William |date=December 20, 2017 |title=LSU lands strong-willed linebacker in Damone Clark from Southern Lab |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_7682314c-e5dd-11e7-90cc-af281da71b45.html |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=The Advocate}} During his junior season, Clark recorded 48 tackles, five tackles for loss, and four sacks, and four interceptions.{{Cite web |last=Scarborough |first=Mike |date=January 15, 2017 |title=Louisiana linebacker Damone Clark commits to LSU |url=https://lsu.rivals.com/news/louisiana-linebacker-damone-clark-commits-to-lsu/printable |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=Rivals.com}}
College career
Clark played in 12 games during his freshman season on special teams and as a reserve linebacker behind starter Devin White.{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Brody |date=November 24, 2021 |title=From benched to Butkus: How LSU LB Damone Clark learned to trust himself and why those around him believed all along |url=https://theathletic.com/2976674/2021/11/24/from-benched-to-butkus-how-lsu-lb-damone-clark-learned-to-trust-himself-and-why-those-around-him-believed-all-along/ |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=The Athletic}} He played in all 15 of LSU's games with three starts as a sophomore and had 49 tackles and 3.5 sacks as the Tigers won the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship.{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Brody |date=August 7, 2020 |title=The weight (and the will) Damone Clark carries into his potential breakout year |url=https://theathletic.com/1979923/2020/08/07/lsu-football-damone-clark-linebacker-katrina-baton-rouge-family/ |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=The Athletic}} Clark was chosen to wear the No. 18 jersey by the Tigers' coaching staff going into his junior season.{{Cite web |last=Auzenne |first=Josh |date=September 18, 2020 |title=JaCoby Stevens set to wear No. 7; Curry and Clark will wear No. 18 |url=https://www.wafb.com/2020/09/18/jacoby-stevens-set-wear-no-curry-clark-will-wear-no/ |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=WAFB9.com}} He finished the season tied for the team lead with 63 tackles.{{Cite web |last=Mickles |first=Sheldon |date=September 30, 2021 |title=Veteran Damone Clark establishes his link in chain of LSU linebacker standouts |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_23b05ccc-222a-11ec-b509-7bd4ac362710.html |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=The Advocate}}
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 2 1/2
| weight = 239
| dash = 4.57
| ten split = 1.55
| twenty split = 2.63
| shuttle =
| cone drill = 7.12
| vertical = 36.5
| broad ft = 10
| broad in = 7
| bench =
| arm span = 33
| hand span = 9 3/4
| wonderlic =
| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |last=Zierlein |first=Lance |title=Damone Clark Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/damone-clark/3200434c-4123-9010-bfbd-6f575fb561ea |access-date=April 10, 2022 |website=NFL.com}}{{Cite web |title=2022 Draft Scout Damone Clark, LSU NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1027727&DraftYear=2022 |access-date=April 10, 2022 |website=draftscout.com}}
}}
Clark was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fifth round, 176th overall, of the 2022 NFL draft.{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Rob |date=April 30, 2022 |title=Clark, Ridgeway Highlight Four 5th-Round Picks |url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/clark-ridgeway-highlight-four-5th-round-picks |access-date=February 15, 2023 |website=DallasCowboys.com}} On June 23, 2022, it was announced that Clark had undergone spinal fusion surgery in March and would miss part of the 2022 season.{{Cite news |last=Fisher |first=Mike |date=July 27, 2022 |title=Cowboys Camp: How 'Fate' - And Spine Surgery - Brought Rookie LB Damone Clark to Dallas |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/.amp/news/dallas-damone-clark-fate-spine-surgery-rookie-lsu-faith-draft |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=SI.com}} He was activated off of injured reserve on October 5.{{Cite web |last=Levine |first=Ben |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Minor NFL Transactions: 10/5/22 |url=https://www.profootballrumors.com/2022/10/minor-nfl-transactions-10-5-22 |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=Pro Football Rumors |language=en}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league |
| Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
| class= "wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="4"| Tackles ! colspan="4"| Fumbles ! colspan="4"| Interceptions | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | PD | |
| 2022 | DAL
| 10 || 5 || 47 || 29 || 18 || 0.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | DAL
| 17 || 17 || 109|| 70 || 39 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| [https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362636/damone-clark Career] | 27 | 22 | 156 | 99 | 57 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
=Postseason=
| class= "wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="4"| Tackles ! colspan="4"| Fumbles ! colspan="4"| Interceptions | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | PD | |
| 2022 | DAL
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | DAL
| 1 || 1 || 8 || 5 || 3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| [https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362636/damone-clark Career] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- [https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/players-roster/damone-clark/ Dallas Cowboys bio]
- [https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/roster/player/damone-clark/ LSU Tigers bio]
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Category:Players of American football from New Orleans
Category:American football linebackers
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Category:Players of American football from Baton Rouge, Louisiana