STATS PERFORM – Indiana State football's Kimal Clark finished 13th overall in the 2025 Buck Buchanan Award voting breakdown as the organization announced the voting results on Tuesday morning. Clark's finish marks the best finish by a Sycamore defensive player in program history.
 
Clark garnered one first place vote and 19 total points, finishing second among the three Missouri Valley Football players who were named among the top 30 defensive players in the country. The Lackawanna, N.Y. native was the first Sycamore in program history to be named a Buck Buchanan Award finalist.
 
Clark became just the third Indiana State player to be named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Year earlier this week after the conference announced their annual awards on Monday morning.
 
He finished his lone season at Indiana State as the Missouri Valley Football tackling leader with 145 stops and 12.08 tackles per game. He also finished second overall in the NCAA FCS in total tackles per game on the year through the regular season.
 
Clark recorded 10 games with at least 10 tackles on the season, excelling in conference play posting a season-high 19 tackles against Illinois State, while adding 16 against Murray and 15 against both South Dakota State and North Dakota State. The Preseason Third Team All-American added 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks, while adding two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
 
He finished the 2025 campaign tied for fifth all-time in Indiana State history in tackles in a single season.
 
2025 Buck Buchanan Award Voting
Following is a breakdown of the voting results (top three to be announced on Jan. 3). A first-place vote was worth five points, a second-place vote four points, a third-place vote three points, a fourth-place vote two points and a fifth-place vote one point. The final number is the combined point total.
 
1, 2, 3 TBA (Jan. 3) between James Conway, Joshua Stoneking and Andrew Zock
4. Caden Dowler, Montana State: 5-3-4-5-6-65
5. Lando Brown, Southern Utah: 2-5-5-7-1-60
6. A.J. Pena, Rhode Island: 5-1-4-7-3-58
7. Kaleb Proctor, Southeastern Louisiana: 5-1-4-4-0-49
8. Tye Niekamp, Illinois State: 4-3-2-1-2-42
9. Maximum Pulley, Wofford: 2-2-1-3-5-32
10. Erick Hunter, Morgan State: 1-2-3-1-2-26
11. Tyler Ochojski, Lehigh: 0-3-1-2-4-23
12. David Hoage, West Georgia: 1-1-1-3-3-21
13. Kimal Clark, Indiana State: 1-1-1-3-1-19
14. Logan Kopp, North Dakota State: 0-2-1-2-2-17
15. Abu Kamara, Yale: 0-1-3-0-2-15
16. Sean Allison, Drake: 1-0-1-2-1-13
T17: Luke Banbury, William & Mary: 1-1-0-1-1-12
T17. Theron Gaines, Tennessee Tech: 0-0-3-0-3-12
19. Jarod Washington, South Carolina State: 1-1-0-0-1-10
20. Jaco Psyk, UC Davis: 0-1-1-1-0-9
21. Quincy Ivory, Jackson State: 0-2-0-0-0-8
T22. Jaydon Southard, Stephen F. Austin: 0-1-0-0-1-5
T22. Shane Hartzell, Villanova: 0-0-1-0-2-5
24. Robert Holz, Gardner-Webb: 0-1-0-0-0-4
25. Rashon Myles Jr., Abilene Christian: 0-0-1-0-0-3
26. Kasyus Kurns, Tarleton State: 0-0-0-1-0-2
T27. Jack Stoll, Central Connecticut State: 0-0-0-0-0-0
T27. Jalen Jones, William & Mary: 0-0-0-0-0-0
T27. Nate Robinson Jr., Marist: 0-0-0-0-0-0
T27. Ty Bartrum, Harvard: 0-0-0-0-0-0
 
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