Happy Birthday to Kenny Clark!
Packers DT Kenny Clark celebrates his birthday on Oct. 4. See photos and facts from his career. Photos by AP.
Clark played in all 16 games with two starts in 2016 and registered 33 tackles (14 solo), two tackles for a loss, four QB pressures, three QB hits, two fumble recoveries and two passes defensed.
He became the youngest player to appear in a season opener for the Packers since Arnie Herber (20 years old) in 1930.
97 appeared in all three postseason contests and recorded nine tackles (five solo), including a tackle for a loss, a team-high five QB pressures and a QB hit.
He was selected by Green Bay in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft with the No. 27 overall selection, joining former teammate DE Datone Jones (No. 26 overall, 2013) as the only UCLA defensive linemen to be selected in the first round of the draft since DT Manu Tuiasosopo in 1979 (No. 18 overall, Seattle).
Clark played in all 39 games in his three seasons at UCLA with 29 starts, opening the final 29 games of his career for the Bruins
He finished with 164 tackles (96 solo), seven sacks and 20½ tackles for a loss at UCLA.
His junior season (2015): Started all 13 games and earned third-team All-America recognition from The Associated Press.
97 was named first-team All-Pac-12 by both the coaches and the media.
Clark was a team co-captain and appeared on the watch lists for the Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award, Nagurski Trophy and Outland Trophy at UCLA.
He registered career highs in tackles (75), sacks (six) and tackles for a loss (11), ranking second on the team in all three of those categories at UCLA.
He was presented the Henry R. "Red" Sanders Award for the most valuable player on UCLA's defense and the N.N. Sugarman Award for the best leadership on defense.
97 posted seven tackles (five solo), including a half-tackle for a loss, and scored the first TD of his career when he hauled in a 3-yard pass from QB Josh Rosen in the third quarter to put the Bruins up, 31-9, vs. Virginia.
Clark registered 10 tackles (six solo), including a tackle for a loss and a half-sack, at Arizona, as the defense limited QBs to just 115 yards on 10-of-28 passing.
He posted 1½ sacks of current L.A. Rams QB Jared Goff, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, and finished with five tackles (three solo) in the 40-24 win vs. California.
He majored in African-American studies.
