Weber State University Athletics
Jadrian Clark playing pro football in Germany
5/31/2017 5:35:00 PM | Football
Jadrian Clark spent four years as a Wildcat with the Weber State football team. Now he is a Wildcat on another team on the other side of the world. Clark recently signed to play quarterback with the Kirchdorf Wildcats of the German Football League 2.
Clark has already played two games with Kirchdorf, a city outside of Munich in the southeast corner of Germany along the Germany-Austria border. He is one of three Americans listed on this year's roster. Clark's top wide receiver is Madison Mangum, who was an All-Big Sky first team player at Idaho State and is the brother of BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum.
Living and playing football in another part of the world has been an amazing experience for Clark, a native of Lakeland, Florida. "The lifestyle here is considerably different but it has been life-changing to be exposed to so many different cultures," he said. "Most people are hard-working and very intelligent and most speak English, so the language barrier is less than I expected. It has been great to just focus on football and enjoying life."
After two games, Clark has already made an impact with the Wildcats. He has thrown for 547 yards and six touchdowns in the first two games and rushed for 76 yards and two more scores.
Before he started with the team, Clark spent some time traveling in Europe and plans to do more while he's there. "I'm thankful to be living in Bavaria, which is the most prosperous state of Germany," he said. "BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi, and Siemens all have their headquarters close by. I have already been able to travel to Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Austria and I plan on going to France, Ireland, Croatia, and England in the next couple months."
Clark finished his four-year career at Weber State in 2016, as he helped lead the Wildcats to a 7-5 record and a trip to the FCS Playoffs. While serving as one of the team captains, he earned Third Team All-Big Sky Conference honors as a senior. He started all 12 games for the Wildcats and threw for 3,028 yards and 23 touchdowns and finished third in the Big Sky in passing average at 252.3 yards per game.
He appeared in 33 career games at Weber State and finished his career with 6,568 yards of total offense, the third most in school history. He also ranks fourth in career passing yards with 5,810 and threw for 40 career touchdowns. He graduated from Weber State in April with a degree in Business Administration.
