Originally entered the NFL as a Cardinals sixth-round (180th overall) pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Louisville.
2025: Appeared in 14 games (one start) and posted 15 tackles (10 solo), one tackle for loss and two passes defensed ... also added 10 special teams tackles ... inactive @ No (9/7) ... made his season debut vs. CAR (9/14), appearing on defense where he recorded a pass defense and special teams where he recorded two tackles ... tallied three tackles on defense and two special teams tackles in Week 3 @ SF (9/21) ... totaled three tackles, including one for loss vs. Sea (9/25) ... recorded four tackles and a pass defensed vs. Ten (10/5) ... recorded two tackles on defense and appeared on special teams @ Ind (10/12) ... registered a special teams tackle vs. GB (10/19) ... made a special teams tackle in the win @ Dal (11/3) ... saw action on defense and special teams and recorded two defensive tackles tackles, one special teams tackle and his first career forced fumble @ Sea (11/9) ... played on defense and special teams where he tallied two tackles vs. SF (11/16) ... logged one defensive tackle vs. Jax (11/23) ... saw action on special teams @ TB (11/30) ... appeared on special teams vs. LAR (12/7) ... appeared on defense and special teams where he recorded a tackle @ Hou (12/14) ... played on special teams vs. Atl (12/21) ... inactive (back) @ Cin (12/28) ... placed on injured reserve on 12/30.
2024: Played in 15 games (one start) where he totaled 11 tackles, 1.0 sack and an INT ... sacked Bills QB Josh Allen in the season opener @ Buf (9/8), marking the first sack of his NFL career; became the first Cardinals CB to have a sack since 2020 (Byron Murphy in Week 15) ... had a tackle for loss in the win vs. LAR (9/15) ... started in the win and had a tackle vs. Chi (11/3) ... had a season-high five tackles and intercepted 49ers QB Joshua Dobbs in the season-ending victory vs. SF (1/5/25), marking the first INT of his career.
2023: Played in 14 games starting half of the contests he appeared in ... posted 43 tackles (two for loss) and four passes defensed ... started in the season opener @ Was (9/10) where he had three tackles; became the first Cardinals rookie DB to start in Week 1 since 2021 (CB Marco Wilson) ... had five tackles and two passes defensed vs. NYG (9/17) ... had 10 tackles and two passes defensed vs. Dal (9/24); joined S Budda Baker (13 tackles and two passes defensed in Week 11 of 2017) as the only Cardinal rookies dating back to at least 1999 to have at least 10 tackles and two passes defensed in a game ... had five tackles (one for loss) @ SF (10/1) ... have five tackles vs. Cin (10/8) ... had three tackles @ LAR (10/15) ... inactive (hamstring) @ Sea (10/22) ... inactive vs. Bal (10/29) ... inactive @ Cle (11/5) ... appeared on special teams vs. Atl (11/12) ... played on special teams @ Hou (11/19) ... started and led the team with nine tackles (including one for loss) vs. LAR (11/26) ... started @ Pit (12/3) and totaled three tackles ... played on special teams vs. SF (12/17) ... appeared on special teams @ Chi (12/24) ... played on special teams @ Phi (12/31) ... appeared on special teams vs. Sea (1/7/24).
After spending his freshman season (2019) at Liberty University, played his final three seasons (2020-22) at Louisville where he was a two-time All-ACC selection and started 28-of-31 games played and recorded 127 tackles, five INTs (one returned for a TD), 28 passes defensed, 9.5 tackles for loss, a sack and two fumble recoveries (one returned for a TD) … including his time at Liberty, Clark finished his college career with 167 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, five INTs, 33 passes defensed and two fumble recoveries ... started all 12 games as a senior in 2022 and had a career-high 51 tackles, his first career sack, an INT, five passes defensed, four tackles for loss and a fumble recovery … scored TDs on both takeaways in 2022; he had his first college TD on a 59-yard fumble return vs. Pittsburgh … the following week vs. Wake Forest, he returned an INT 46 yards for a TD ... started all eight games played as a junior in 2021 and earned second-team All-ACC accolades after finishing the season with 40 tackles, three INTs and a team-high 12 passes defensed before a season-ending knee injury … also credited with 3.5 tackles for loss … was playing one of the best games of his career @ NC State (10/30) with five tackles and a career-high four passes defensed when he suffered the injury … had a career-high two INTs with two tackles for loss against Eastern Kentucky (9/22) ... as a sophomore in 2020, started eight of 10 games played in his first season at Louisville, earning second team All-ACC honors after closing the year with 36 tackles and tying for 12th nationally and second in the ACC with 11 passes defended ... also added two tackles for loss, an INT and a fumble recovery … had a hand in two of Louisville's three turnovers forced in the first half against Syracuse (11/20), picking off his first career pass in the second half and then recovering a fumble on a kickoff later in the quarter … had multiple passes defensed in a game four times, including three straight outings in Games 3-5 ... in 2019 as a freshman, played in 13 games with seven starts as a freshman at Liberty, totaling 40 tackles, five passes defensed, a sack and four tackles for loss … his six passes defensed ranked second on the team.
Attended Manchester (Midlothian, VA) High School where he earned first-team all-state honors as a punt return specialist, second-team all-state honors as a defensive back and all-region honors in both … finished his prep career with eight INTs … as a senior in 2018, helped Manchester – rated by MaxPreps as one of the top-50 ranked schools in the nation – to a VHSL 6A state title … ranked as the #2 punt returner in the country by MaxPreps that year, he totaled 575 punt return yards (28.6 avg.) and added 126 kickoff return yards … graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communications.
