Asher Clark (born February 11, 1990) is an American former
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
running back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offen ...
for the
Air Force Academy football program.
Clark was born and raised in
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Lawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. It is a suburb of Atlanta, located approximately northeast of downtown. As of the 2020 census, the population of Lawrenceville was 30,629. In 2019, the ...
, in 1990. In January 2008, he committed to the
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and Uni ...
after receiving a football scholarship. He had been a quarterback in high school and was converted to a tailback at Air Force. He gained 588 rushing yards as a freshman in 2008,
[ 865 yards as a sophomore in 2009,][ and 1,031 yards as a junior in 2010. During the 2011 season, Clark totaled 1,110 rushing yards on 163 carries for an average of 6.8 yards per carry.]
References
External links
Air Force Academy biography
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1990 births
Living people
People from Suwanee, Georgia
Players of American football from Gwinnett County, Georgia
American football running backs
Air Force Falcons football players