Mike Clark (defensive end)

Mike Clark
No. 75, 90, 79
PositionDefensive end
Personal information
Born (1959-03-30) March 30, 1959
Dothan, Alabama, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight253 lb (115 kg)
Career information
High schoolGraceville (Graceville, Florida)
CollegeFlorida
NFL draft1981: 7th round, 190
(by the Los Angeles Rams)[1]th overall pick
Career history
* Offseason or practice squad member only
Career USFL statistics
Sacks12.5
Stats at Pro Football Reference
Stats at ArenaFan.com

Michael Hugh Clark (born March 30, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (USFL) during the 1980s. Clark played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Washington Redskins, the San Francisco 49ers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL, and the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL.

Early life

Clark was born in Dothan, Alabama, in 1959.[2] He attended Graceville High School in Graceville, Florida,[3] where he played high school football for the Graceville Tigers.

College career

Clark accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played for coach Doug Dickey and coach Charley Pell's Gators teams from 1977 to 1980.[4] During Clark's senior season in 1980, he was a member of the Gators team that posted the biggest one-year turnaround in the history of NCAA Division I football[5]—from 0–10–1 in 1979[6] to an 8–4 bowl team in 1980.[7]

Professional career

The Los Angeles Rams selected Clark in the seventh round (190th pick overall) of the 1981 NFL draft.[8] Clark played a single season for each of the Washington Redskins in 1981, the San Francisco 49ers in 1982, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1987.[9] Clark was also a starting defensive end for coach Steve Spurrier's Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL in 1984 and 1985.

Life after football

Clark is retired from professional sports and lives in Tampa, Florida. He has one daughter.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1981 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mike Clark Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  3. ↑ databaseFootball.com, Players, Mike Clark. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 180 (2011). Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  5. ↑ Norm Carlson, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 95–96 (2007).
  6. ↑ College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Yearly Results 1975–1979 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  7. ↑ College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Yearly Results 1980–1984 Archived November 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  8. ↑ "1981 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
  9. ↑ National Football League, Historical Players, Mike Clark. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
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