6 Clay Finley
Clay Finley
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    215
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Muscatine, Iowa
  • High School:
    Muscatine
  • Position:
    DE
  • gp
    9
  • tk
    43.0
  • sac
    4.5
  • int
    1
  • ffum
    1

Bio

Honors & Awards
3-year letterwinner ... 2013: 2nd Team all-IIAC, 1st Team Academic all-District 8 (Capital One), Academic all-IIAC ... 2012: Academic all-IIAC 

Career Highs
Tackles: 8 (twice)
Tackles for Loss: 4.0 (UW-River Falls, 9/21/13)
Sacks: 2 (twice)

2015 | senior
Named team captain for second season in a row. 

2014 | senior
Sat out final six games after suffering a knee injury against Buena Vista in week four ... granted a medical hardship to retain a year of eligibility.

2013 | junior
Named Second Team all-Iowa Conference, First Team Capital One Academic all-District 8 and Academic all-Iowa Conference ... a team captain ... earned third varsity letter ... appeared in all 10 games with eight starts at defensive end ... led team in tackles for loss (10.5) and sacks (4.5) ... made 31 total tackles, 21 solo ... also broke up four passes ... set a career-high with eight tackles, including a career-best four TFLs against UW-River Falls on Sept. 21 ... made seven tackles and 1.5 sacks against Central on Oct. 12 ... tied career-high with eight tackles against Coe on Oct. 26, making one sack and 1.5 TFLs ... made two tackles - both sacks - against Dubuque on Nov. 2. 

2012 | sophomore
Named to the Iowa Conference All-Academic Team ... earned second varsity letter ... appeared in all 10 games ... made 22 tackles (11 solo), including six ackles for loss and three sacks from his defensive end spot ... ranked fourth on the team in sacks ... recovered one fumble ... made a season-high five tackles (three solo) against Luther, including three tackles for loss and two sacks ... made four tackles for loss in final two games.

2011 | freshman
Earned first varsity letter ... appeared in five games ... made three total tackles.

High School
Graduated in 2007 ... homeschooled ... coached by Brian Sauser ... named honorable mention all-conference in football for Muscatine ... named first team all-district and second team all-conference in baseball.

Personal
Born Jan. 28, 1989 ... son of Dean and Tina Finley ... has two brothers, Clint (29) and Grant (28), and one sister, Tana (25) ... majoring in exercise science with a minor in coaching ... a veteran of the U.S. Army ... served 3 1/2 years in the Army, spending one year in Afghanistan.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28
  Overall Conf
Solo tackles 20 13
Assists 23 18
Tackles 43.0 31.0
Tackles per game 4.8 4.4
Sacks 4.5 4.5
Sack yards 22 22
Interceptions 1 1
Returned for touchdown 0 0
Fumble recoveries 2 2
Fumble return TDs 0 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - 0
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - - - - 0
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - 0
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - 0
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - 0
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - 0
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 1 - - - - 0
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 1 - - - - 0
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 1 - - - - 0
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 1 - - - - 0
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 1 - - - - 0
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 1 - - - - 0
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 1 - - - - 0
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 1 - - - - 0
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 0 - - - - - 0 - - 1 0 -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 3 2 5.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 4 3 7.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 4 2 6.0 2.0 11 3.0 14 - 1 0 - - - - - 1
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 1 3 4.0 1.0 7 1.5 7 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 2 1 3.0 1.0 3 1.0 3 - 1 - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 1 2 3.0 - - 0.5 2 - - - 1 18 0 1 - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 2 5 7.0 0.5 1 1.0 1 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 0 3 3.0 - - 0.5 0 - - - - - - 1 - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 3 2 5.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2011-12 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2014-15 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2015-16 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 38 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2011-12 5 - - - - - - - -
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 4 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 9 - - - - - - - -
Total 38 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2011-12 5 - - - - - - -
2012-13 10 - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - -
2014-15 4 - - - - - - -
2015-16 9 - - - - - - -
Total 38 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2011-12 5 - - - - - - - 0
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 4 - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 9 - - - - - - - 0
Total 38 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2011-12 5 - - - - - - - -
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 4 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 9 - - - - - - - -
Total 38 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2011-12 - - - - - - - - - -
2012-13 - - - - - - - - - -
2013-14 - - - - - - - - - -
2014-15 - - - - - - - - - -
2015-16 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2011-12 5 - - - - 0 .0
2012-13 10 - - - - 0 .0
2013-14 10 - - - - 0 .0
2014-15 4 - - - - 0 .0
2015-16 9 - - - - 0 .0
Total 38 - - - - 0 .0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2011-12 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2012-13 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 0 0.0 - - - - 0 0 - - - 0
Total 0 0.0 - - - - 0 0 - - - 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2011-12 5 1 2 3.0 .6 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2012-13 10 11 11 22.0 2.2 3.0 20 6.0 25 - 1 0 - - - -
2013-14 10 21 10 31.0 3.1 4.5 24 10.5 39 - - - - - 4 -
2014-15 4 9 5 14.0 3.5 2.0 19 4.5 23 1 - - - - 1 -
2015-16 9 20 23 43.0 4.8 4.5 22 7.5 27 1 2 14 1 18 3 -
Total 38 62 51 113.0 3.0 14.0 85 28.5 114 2 3 14 1 18 8 -

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 9 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month September 2 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 9 - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - -
Month September 2 - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 9 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 2 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 9 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month September 2 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 9 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 7 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 4 - - - - 0 .0
Away 5 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 3 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 6 - - - - 0 .0
Month September 2 - - - - 0 .0
October 5 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 0 0.0 - - - - 0 0 - - - 0
Conference 0 0.0 - - - - 0 0 - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 0 0.0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Month September 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 - - - - 0 0 - - - 0
November 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 9 20 23 43.0 4.8 4.5 22 7.5 27 1 2 14 1 18 3 -
Conference 7 13 18 31.0 4.4 4.5 22 7.5 27 1 2 14 1 18 3 -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 11 13 24.0 6.0 3.5 19 5.5 22 1 1 14 - - 1 -
Away 5 9 10 19.0 3.8 1.0 3 2.0 5 - 1 0 1 18 2 -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 9 5 14.0 4.7 3.0 14 4.0 17 - 2 14 - - - -
Losses 6 11 18 29.0 4.8 1.5 8 3.5 10 1 - - 1 18 3 -
Month September 2 7 5 12.0 6.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 10 13 23.0 4.6 4.5 22 7.0 27 1 2 14 1 18 2 -
November 2 3 5 8.0 4.0 - - 0.5 0 - - - - - 1 -