Micah Clark appears headed to the other side of the ball.

The former four-star recruit has moved to defensive tackle after spending his first two seasons at Rutgers as an offensive lineman, NJ Advance Media has confirmed. Clark’s Twitter bio was recently changed to reflect the switch.

Clark, a St. John Vianney product who remains the highest-rated recruit to sign with Rutgers under head coach Chris Ash, redshirted this past season after appearing in just three games in a limited role. The redshirt year came after he missed the second half of spring practice due to personal reasons. Clark appeared in nine games as a true freshman in 2017 and has three seasons of eligibility remaining.

Clark worked with the second-team unit as a right guard at the start of spring practice in 2018, but he was not on the two-deep in the fall. He had played right tackle as a freshman. A move to defensive tackle could give him a better chance to get on the field, as Rutgers is challenged for depth there. Clark played both ways at St. John Vianney and had 44 tackles, eight tackles for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble as a senior in high school.

Rutgers has lost starting defensive tackle Jon Bateky to graduation, as well as defensive end Kevin Wilkins, who often moved inside on passing downs. Nose tackle Julius Turner returns, as does backup Willington Previllon. The Scarlet Knights have added two defensive tackles this signing cycle in Rayyan Buell and Malachi Burby as well.

NJ Advance Media’s Todderick Hunt contributed to this report

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