#22

Clayton Isbell

Senior safety for Coastal Carolina. 2023: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 89 tackles.

S · Coastal Carolina · Sr. · #22

6′2″ · 220 lb · Naperville, IL

CFB Index 87 · #15 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceCoastal Carolina 2023 alumnus

The story

4 safety for Coastal Carolina. 2023: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 89 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Coastal Carolina, 105 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20226 games

Entered the portal

202313 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2023

2 coaches

2022

Chad Staggs

Coastal Carolina

2023

Tim Beck

Coastal Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chad Staggs → Tim Beck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

87All-Conference level #15 of 538?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (97th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (97th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#83 / 2842 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#92 / 2842 · 97th pct

Passes defended#254 / 2842 · 89th pct

Interceptions#57 / 827 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#635 / 2842 · 76th pct

4.5

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.7	0.6	0.0	0.0
Road7g	7.0	0.1	0.1	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.9	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	9.2	0.6	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Beard

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #15 of 538 safeties

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Coastal Carolina	89	49	4.5	1.0	5	3	--
2022	Utah	16	11	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		105	60	5.0	1.0	5	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 27–24

at App State

6 TOT · 5 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With G. McCall — 373 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.5 · -2 rush yds (5 car) · B. Bennett — 64 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 13-27@ UCLA	9	5	0.0	0.0	3	0
Wk 2	W 30-16vs Jacksonville State	4	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 66-7vs Duquesne	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 17-30vs Georgia State	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 28-38@ Georgia Southern	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	3
Wk 7	W 27-24@ App State	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 27-17@ Arkansas State	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 9	W 34-6vs Marshall	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-24@ Old Dominion	6	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 31-23vs Texas State	11	5	2.5	0.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 12	L 21-28@ Army	13	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 13	L 14-56vs James Madison	10	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 24-14@ San José State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		89	49	4.5	1.0	3	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology