Antonio Clary

HONORS
2023 – Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC Third Team Defense. 2022 – All-ACC Team … ACC Honor Roll.

AT VIRGINIA
2024 – Started in five of the six games he appeared in … Missed six games, including the last three, due to injury … Tallied seven tackles against Boston College (10/5) including four solo tackles … Recorded his second career interception in 43-24 win at Coastal Carolina (9/21) … Set a career-high with 14 tackles, including one for loss to go along with two pass breakups against Maryland (9/14) … Led the team in tackles (11) for the second consecutive week in win at Wake Forest (9/7) … Recovered a fumble on the Demon Deacons penultimate drive … Tied for a game-high eight tackles in season-opening win over Richmond (8/31).  2023 – Missed entire season due to injury. 2022 – Started seven of the eight games in which he appeared, including starts in each of the last six games … Finished fourth on the team in tackles (56) and third on team in solo tackles (31) … His 7.0 tackles per game ranked 18th highest in the ACC … Made eight tackles and recorded his first career interception on Oct. 8 against Louisville. The 26-yard return on the interception was the longest by a Cavalier in 2022 … Served as game captain at Illinois (Sept. 10) where he recorded a pass break up and forced a fumble … Led the UVA defense with a career-high 13 tackles (5 solo) against Pitt on Nov. 12. … Recorded his first career solo sack as part of an six-tackle effort against Miami (10/29). 2021 – Appeared in 12 of UVA’s games with three starts… Tied for sixth on the team with 42 total tackles on the year … Recovered a fumble against Duke … Made seven tackles against Illinois and Louisville. 2020 – Appeared in nine of UVA’s 10 games with three starts … Recorded a tackle against NC State (10/10) … Totaled four tackles, including 0.5 for loss and broke up a pass at Wake Forest (10/17) … Made his first collegiate start at No. 11 Miami (10/24), where he finished with seven tackles and 0.5 sacks … Notched two tackles, including one for loss in win over No. 15 North Carolina (10/31) … Made seven stops and recovered a fumble against Louisville (11/14) … Recorded three tackles against Abilene Christian (11/21). 2019 – Appeared in five games before suffering a season-ending injury at Louisville (10/26) … Made his collegiate debut against Old Dominion (9/21) … Recorded four tackles against Duke (10/19) … One of 17 UVA true freshmen to appear on the season.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
Enrolled at UVA in January of 2019 … played safety and wide receiver at Sandalwood High School for head coach Adam Geis … finished 2018 with 53 tackles, six tackles for loss, three sacks and three interceptions … earned first-team All-Cedar Run District honors as a utility player in 2017 … all-conference honoree as a sophomore … also runs track at Sandalwood … a three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247sports.com … received a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in African & American Studies in 2022 … earned a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Virginia.