Le'Raven Clark

Le'Raven Clark
Texas Tech Red Raiders No. 62
Position Offensive tackle
Class Senior
Major General Studies
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Rockdale (TX)
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-22) April 22, 1993
Place of birth Bryan, Texas
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight 313 lb (142 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • Under Armour High School All-American (2011)
  • FWAA Freshman All-American 1st Team (2012)
  • All-Big 12 Conference 3rd Team (2012)
  • All-Big 12 Conference 1st Team (2013, 2014, 2015)
  • CBS Sports All-American 2nd Team (2015)

Le'Raven Clark (born April 22, 1993 in Bryan, Texas) is an American football offensive tackle for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

High School

Clark attended Rockdale High School in his hometown of Rockdale, Texas, where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track. In football, he earned All-State honors and was selected as an UnderArmour All-American.[1]

In track & field, Clark was one of the states top performers in the throwing events. At the 2009 Brenham Regional Qualifier, he took bronze in both the shot put (15.94 m) and the discus (52.03 m).[2] At the 3A Regional, got 3rd in the shot put and qualified for state in the discus by placing 2nd.[3] His personal-bests are 16.58 meters in the shot put and 55.47 meters in the discus throw.[4]

Texas Tech

Coming in as a 4-star recruit out of high school, Clark was redshirted his freshman year in 2011. Clark started for the Red Raiders for the first time during his redshirt freshman year at the right guard position. He started all 13 games. For his performance during the season, Clark was named a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and Scout.com. He earned All-Big 12 Conference honors from Phil Steele.[5] Clark was also named an Academic All-Big 12 2nd team selection.

During his sophomore year in 2013, Clark was moved to left tackle to replace All-Big 12 and current Detroit Lions player LaAdrian Waddle. Prior to the beginning of the season, Clark was named a pre-season All-Big 12 selection, and was placed on the watchlists for the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award.[6] Following the conclusion of the season, Clark earned Associated Press All-Big 12 1st team honors.[7]

Prior to the 2014 season, Clark was again named to the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award watchlist.[8] He also earned a 2nd Team All-American selection by USA Today.[9] He was named to the Associated Press All-Big 12 1st team following the season.

Following the 2015 season, Clark earned his third 1st Team All-Big 12 Conference selection, and was selected as a 2nd Team All-American by CBS Sports.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Le'Raven Clark Bio. "Le'Raven Clark". Texas Tech University. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=165653#4365
  3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=212634878760541&id=195303047160391
  4. ↑ https://www.trackingfootball.com/players/leraven-clark-2794/
  5. ↑ Steele, Phil. "PHIL STEELE'S 2012 POSTSEASON ALL-BIG 12 TEAM" (PDF). Phil Steele's Publications. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Kercheval, Ben (July 15, 2013). "Over 100 players make preseason Lombardi Award watch list". NBCSports.com. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "2013 AP All-Big 12 Team". Associated Press. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Clark Named to Outland Trophy Watch List". TexasTech.com. Texas Tech University. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Myerberg, Paul. "USA TODAY Sports' preseason All-America college football team". USAToday.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Silverstein, Adam. "CBS Sports 2015 College Football All-America Team". Retrieved 11 December 2015.
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