Darnell Clash (born June 18, 1962) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

defensive back who played four seasons in the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

(CFL) with the

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions played their first seas ...

and

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

. He played college football at the

University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887. The University of Wyoming ...

College career

Clash played for the

Wyoming Cowboys The Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls are the athletic teams that represent the University of Wyoming, located in Laramie. Wyoming is a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 17 NCAA-sanctioned sports ...

from 1980 to 1982. He set a school record for most career kick and punt returns with 153 and most combined kick and punt return yardage with 2,286. He earned All-

Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Texas. Due to mos ...

honors in 1981. Clash also recorded seven career interceptions.

Professional career

Clash played in 39 games for the

from 1984 to 1987. He earned CFL All-Star honors in 1985. He played in sixteen games for the

during the 1987 season, garnering CFL East All-Star recognition.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clash, Darnell Living people 1962 births Players of American football from Maryland American football defensive backs American football return specialists Canadian football defensive backs Canadian football return specialists African-American players of American football African-American players of Canadian football Wyoming Cowboys football players BC Lions players Toronto Argonauts players People from Cambridge, Maryland 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople