Kenny Clark

Dallas CowboysOVERPAID

Pos IDL

Updated October 9, 2026

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Model Score

81.5 MODEL

2018

85.0

2019

88.3

2020

76.4

2021

85.4

2022

80.8

2024

72.8

2025

79.6

2026

81.5

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Three Pro Bowls plus the 2021 tier 2 (#11) peak puts Clark in the rare class of multi-Pro Bowl interior defenders with structural top-15 ceilings at peak. The UCLA 2015 Pac-12 DPOY plus 10 years of NFL survival give him real veteran market value. The 2026 question is whether Clark returns to tier 4 territory with Dallas or whether the structural age-31 decline closes the elite chapter.

Clark came out of UCLA as the Green Bay Packers' 1st-round pick (27th overall) in 2016 after winning the 2015 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. He made three Pro Bowls (2019, 2021, 2023) anchoring the Packers' interior across nine seasons. He was traded to the Dallas Cowboys as part of the Micah Parsons trade in 2025. His STTM career runs tier 4 (#28) in 2020, tier 2 (#11) peak in 2021 Pro Bowl, tier 3 (#22) in 2022, tier 8 (#59) collapse in 2024, and tier 5 (#38) in 2025 with Dallas.

Strengths

Three Pro Bowls (2019, 2021, 2023) plus the 2021 tier 2 (#11) peak plus the 2015 Pac-12 DPOY establishes a top-15 IDL ceiling at peak.
10 years of NFL starter reps at age 31 plus the trade-context to Dallas gives him real veteran market value.

Concerns

2024 tier 8 (#59) Packers collapse plus the 2025 tier 5 (#38) Cowboys debut confirms the structural late-career decline.
Dallas's broader defensive identity transition (Micah Parsons trade context plus the new defensive coordinator) compresses the structural support around Clark.

What to watch: Whether Clark returns to tier 4 or better in 2026 with Dallas, the threshold for confirming the late-prime ceiling holds.