Darion Clark (born April 9, 1994) is an

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who is a free agent. He played

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at the

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Early years

Clark attended Oak Hill Academy in

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. He played basketball in high school with Oak Hill Academy's basketball prep program.

College career

In college, he played basketball with the

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as a freshman in the 2012–13 season. Then, he transferred to

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and played two seasons, 2014–15 and 2015–16, and transferred again as a senior to

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and played for them in the 2016–17 season. When he was in USC, he used to hang out a lot with the USC football team and said he began to miss it, he said "I began thinking about football all the time, and then I began having dreams, where I was playing football very vividly". Before he went to Grand Canyon, he seriously considered joining the USC football team, but had shoulder surgery so he played his last season at Grand Canyon.

Professional career

Clark started football camp in January 2018 and attended the USC Pro Day in March 2018, but wasn't drafted in the

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. He was invited to the

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rookie minicamp in April of that year, but was not signed afterwards. Clark also attended

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and later the Pacific Pro Scrimmage where he received invitations to workout with the

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and the

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Chicago Bears

On January 6, 2020, Clark signed a reserve/future contract with the

. He was waived/injured by the team on August 25, 2020, with a shoulder injury, and subsequently reverted to the team's

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the next day. He was waived on June 13, 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Darion 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Rockdale County, Georgia Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state) USC Trojans men's basketball players Players of American football from Rockdale County, Georgia American football tight ends Chicago Bears players Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia) alumni Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball players Charlotte 49ers men's basketball players