Oklahoma State University Athletics
2024 Cowboy Football Roster
Roster
Collin Clay
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Oklahoma City, OK
- High School:
- Putnam City
2023 First Team Academic All-Big 12
Career Highs
Tackles 5, 2x, last vs. West Virginia, 2024
TFL 1.0, 6x, last at BYU, 2024
Sacks 1.0, twice, last vs. Texas A&M, 2023
A regular part of the starting lineup who started games in 2024, 2023 and 2022 ... Played as a true freshman at Arkansas in 2019 then missed 2020 and 2021 due to injury ... A four-star recruit in high school who had a long list of offers.
2024 (Super Senior): Started the first 11 games of the season and missed the season finale due to injury ... Finished the year with 17 total tackles, 13 of which were solo stops ... Also had 2.0 tackles for loss and a pass breakup ... Matches a career-high with five total tackles against West Virginia ... Served as a game captain against Kansas State.
2023 (Senior): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Started the first eight games of the season at nose tackle and played in all 14 games ... Recorded 14 total tackles on the year, 10 of which were solo stops ... His 2.5 sacks were fifth on the team ... Credited with 3.5 tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry ... Made at least one tackle in 10 games, with a high of three against Central Arkansas and two each against Cincinnati and Texas A&M ... Had a sack in the season opener against UCA, a half sack at West Virginia and another sack in the Texas Bowl against TAMU ... His last sack came in the fourth quarter of the one-possession win and forced a loss of 10 yards ... His hurry came in the win over Kansas State ... Served as a game captain against Kansas State.
2022 (Junior): Made his first three Oklahoma State starts against Texas, Kansas State and Kansas, and played in 12 of OSU’s 13 games ... Finished the year with 16 tackles, including six solo stops and 2.0 tackles for loss ... Added five quarterback hurries to rank first among OSU’s interior defensive linemen ... Made at least one tackle in seven games ... Set career highs in his start in the Homecoming win over Texas with five total tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss.
2021 (Sophomore): Did not see any game action.
2020: Did not see any game action.
2019 (Freshman at Arkansas): Played in 11 of 12 games for the Razorbacks in 2019, missing only the season opener … Totaled 324 snaps as a true freshman, 291 on the defensive line … Tallied 17 tackles, five solo, with half-a-tackle for loss in his debut season … Didn’t record his first stop until the fifth game of the year against Texas A&M, recording three in the contest … It was one of two games he recorded two solo tackles, also doing so against Auburn … Added two more three-tackle games against Mississippi State and LSU.
High School: Rated as a four-star prospect by Rivals and 247Sports … Rated as the No. 20 strong side defensive end in the country and ranked second in the state of Oklahoma by Rivals … Three-year varsity letterwinner at Putnam City in Oklahoma City … Racked up 62 tackles over his senior season for the Pirates … Totaled three sacks and 5.5 tackles for loss, along with six quarterback hurries and two pass breakups in his final year of high school football … Selected to play for USA Football in the 2019 International Bowl … Posted 56 tackles as a junior, with three sacks and two PBUs, helping Putnam City to a 7-4 overall record … Had 40 tackles, including a sack, as a sophomore in 2016 … Also played basketball as a freshman … Held offers from Oklahoma State, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Oregon, Arkansas, Texas Tech, Michigan and others.
Personal: Son of Robert and Brittany Clay and Jenine Verdaltte … Has four siblings, Robert, Tyijia, Joshua and Warren.
