Five predictions for Louisville football’s newcomers in 2020

“Kei’Trel Clark leads the team in interceptions”

-Presley Meyer

I’m all-in on the Tre Clark hype train.

After an adjustment period for the Louisville football defense in 2019, the Cardinals are primed to take on the personality of defensive coordinator Bryan Brown in year two.

Louisville loses hard-hitting Khane Pass from last season, but brings back the rest of its core pieces in the secondary. Additionally, the Cardinals add a major piece that had the coaching staff buzzing this summer in Liberty DB transfer Kei’Trel clark.

Clark left Liberty after questions arose about team culture negatively influencing him and after submitting a request with the NCAA to become immediately elligible, it was granted last month.

“Tre is doing a great job, he’s been making a lot of plays,” fellow DB Anthony Johnson said after a summer practice. “He’s been out there making plays and looks good… We have a very bright young group, and other older guys are loving up on them and teaching them the game with the playbook and acclimating them to the system of college football. But I really think we have a really special group.”

Now, Clark is looking to improve upon a true freshman season where he recorded 40 tackles- including 36 solo- and two sacks.

One way that he could help right away is by creating havoc in the secondary- including, but not limited to, interceptions.

Clark is 5’10,” but he is extremely long, and he is quick. He gives receivers space off the line, and gets out of his backpedal with elite quickness in order to jump in front of passes.

In Louisville’s defense, Clark’s intangibles can be a recipe for disaster for the opposing quarterback.