Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 34-42vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#21
Donald Clay
Junior safety on SMU's 2022 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb · New Orleans, LA
SMU 2022 alumnus
Donald Clay
Donald Clay has played for three head coaches in four seasons at SMU. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against TCU, Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at SMU, 49 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2023
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
SMU
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.
2022 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2019SMU10-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced, fast tempo
2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced
2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
DNA match
Player DNA
Players who play like Donald Clay
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology