Mark Clayton

Mark Gregory Clayton

Position: WR
Height: 5-9 Weight: 177 lbs.

Born: April 8, 1961 in Indianapolis, IN
College: Louisville (school history)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 8th round (223rd overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 78 (438th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 23, 2013 7:25AM

All-Time Rank: #501. Jeremiah Trotter… #502. Terrell Davis… #503. Lionel Aldridge… #504. MARK CLAYTON… #505. Charles Mann… #506. Chip Banks… #507. Mo Lewis…

All-Time Rank: #501. Jeremiah Trotter… #502. Terrell Davis… #503. Lionel Aldridge… #504. MARK CLAYTON… #505. Charles Mann… #506. Chip Banks… #507. Mo Lewis…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1983	22	MIA	PR	83	14	0	6	114	19.0	1	39	0.4	8.1	2	9	0	9	4.5	0.6	0.1	123	1	3	3
1984*	23	MIA	WR	83	15	15	73	1389	19.0	18	65	4.9	92.6	3	35	0	30	11.7	2.3	0.2	1424	18	2	16
1985*	24	MIA	WR	83	16	16	70	996	14.2	4	45	4.4	62.3	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.6	0.1	1006	4	2	11
1986*	25	MIA	WR	83	15	14	60	1150	19.2	10	68	4.0	76.7	2	33	0	22	16.5	2.2	0.1	1183	10	1	13
1987	26	MIA	WR	83	12	12	46	776	16.9	7	43	3.8	64.7	2	8	0	4	4.0	0.7	0.2	784	7	0	8
1988*	27	MIA	WR	83	16	16	86	1129	13.1	14	45	5.4	70.6	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	1133	14	0	10
1989	28	MIA	WR	83	15	15	64	1011	15.8	9	78	4.3	67.4	3	9	0	11	3.0	0.6	0.2	1020	9	1	9
1990	29	MIA	WR	83	10	10	32	406	12.7	3	43	3.2	40.6								406	3	1	4
1991*	30	MIA	WR	83	16	16	70	1053	15.0	12	43	4.4	65.8								1053	12	0	11
1992	31	MIA	WR	83	13	13	43	619	14.4	3	44	3.3	47.6								619	3	1	6
1993	32	GNB	WR	83	16	15	32	331	10.3	3	32	2.0	20.7								331	3	0	4
Career					158	142	582	8974	15.4	84	78	3.7	56.8	14	108	0	30	7.7	0.7	0.1	9082	84	11	95
10 yrs		MIA			142	127	550	8643	15.7	81	78	3.9	60.9	14	108	0	30	7.7	0.8	0.1	8751	81	11	91
1 yr		GNB			16	15	32	331	10.3	3	32	2.0	20.7								331	3	0	4

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1983	22	MIA	PR	83	14	0	41	392	1	60	9.6	1	25	0	25	25.0	540
1984*	23	MIA	WR	83	15	15	8	79	0	22	9.9	2	15	0	14	7.5	1518
1985*	24	MIA	WR	83	16	16	2	14	0	11	7.0						1020
1986*	25	MIA	WR	83	15	14	1	0	0	0	0.0						1183
Career					158	142	52	485	1	60	9.3	3	40	0	25	13.3	9607

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1983	22	MIA	PR	83	14	0	1	1	100.0	48	1	100.0	0	0.0	48	48.0	68.0	48.0	3.4	158.3	0	0	48.00	68.00	0.0
1984*	23	MIA	WR	83	15	15	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	1	8	-4.00	-26.50	50.0
1985*	24	MIA	WR	83	16	16	0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		1	7	-7.00	-7.00	100.0
Career					158	142	1	2	50.0	48	1	50.0	1	50.0	48	24.0	11.5	48.0	0.3	95.8	2	15	8.25	2.00	50.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1983	22	MIA	PR	83	14	0							0	3	1	0	0
1984*	23	MIA	WR	83	15	15							0	2	1	0	0
1985*	24	MIA	WR	83	16	16							0	2	1	0	0
1986*	25	MIA	WR	83	15	14							0	1	0	0	0
1989	28	MIA	WR	83	15	15							0	1	0	0	0
1990	29	MIA	WR	83	10	10							0	1	0	0	0
1992	31	MIA	WR	83	13	13							0	1	1	0	0
Career					158	142							0	11	4	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	Pts
1983	22	MIA	PR	83	14	0	1	1	2	12
1984*	23	MIA	WR	83	15	15	18		18	108
1985*	24	MIA	WR	83	16	16	4		4	24
1986*	25	MIA	WR	83	15	14	10		10	60
1987	26	MIA	WR	83	12	12	7		7	42
1988*	27	MIA	WR	83	16	16	14		14	84
1989	28	MIA	WR	83	15	15	9		9	54
1990	29	MIA	WR	83	10	10	3		3	18
1991*	30	MIA	WR	83	16	16	12		12	72
1992	31	MIA	WR	83	13	13	3		3	18
1993	32	GNB	WR	83	16	15	3		3	18
Career					158	142	84	1	85	510
10 yrs		MIA			142	127	81	1	82	492
1 yr		GNB			16	15	3		3	18

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4	Antonio Freeman, Eddie Brown, George Sauer, Chad Johnson, Laveranues Coles, John Jefferson, Harlon Hill, Devin Hester, Nat Moore, Bob Hayes*
5	Reggie Wayne, Antonio Freeman, Devin Hester, Mark Duper, Billy Howton, Eddie Brown, Herman Moore, Chad Johnson, Terrell Owens, Bob Hayes*
6	Antonio Freeman, Billy Howton, Drew Pearson, Gene A. Washington, Lance Alworth, Reggie Wayne, Lynn Swann, Wesley Walker, Larry Fitzgerald, Sterling Sharpe
7	Nat Moore, Antonio Freeman, Andre Johnson, Drew Pearson, Plaxico Burress, Billy Wilson, Steve Largent*, Cris Collinsworth, Gene A. Washington, Laveranues Coles
8	Nat Moore, Henry Ellard, Antonio Freeman, Andre Johnson, Cris Collinsworth, Billy Wilson, Billy Howton, Cliff Branch, Drew Pearson, Plaxico Burress
9	Nat Moore, Drew Pearson, Henry Ellard, Gene A. Washington, Plaxico Burress, Eric Moulds, Paul Warfield, Bob Hayes, Hines Ward, Gary Clark
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11	Nat Moore, Harold Carmichael, Eric Moulds, Cliff Branch, Gene A. Washington, Drew Pearson, Gary Clark, Charley Taylor, Fred Biletnikoff, Anthony Miller
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1984 1985 1986 1988 1991	Receptions 1984 NFL 73 (10) 1988 NFL 86 (2) Career 582 (72)	Receiving Yds 1984 NFL 1389 (3/76) 1986 NFL 1150 (7) 1988 NFL 1129 (7) 1991 NFL 1053 (10) Career 8974 (51)	Receiving TD 1984 NFL 18 (1/3) 1986 NFL 10 (5) 1987 NFL 7 (7) 1988 NFL 14 (1/31) 1989 NFL 9 (6) 1991 NFL 12 (2/86) Career 84 (16)
Long Reception 1989 NFL 78 (9)	Yds/Reception 1984 NFL 19.0 (6) 1986 NFL 19.2 (9)	Receiving Yds/Game 1984 NFL 92.6 (2/75) 1986 NFL 76.7 (5) 1988 NFL 70.6 (10) 1991 NFL 65.8 (10) Career 56.8 (73)	Touchdowns 1984 NFL 18 (1/35) 1988 NFL 14 (4) 1991 NFL 12 (4) Career 85 (42)
Points Scored 1984 NFL 108 (8) Career 510 (162)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1984 NFL 18 (1/34) 1988 NFL 14 (4) 1991 NFL 12 (4) Career 84 (41)	Yds From Scrimmage Career 9082 (111)	All-Purpose Yds Career 9607 (145)
Yds/Touch Career 14.8 (93)	Punt Returns 1983 NFL 41 (5)	Punt Return Yds 1983 NFL 392 (4)	Punt Return TD 1983 NFL 1 (1/97) Career 1 (155)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1984	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1984	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1984	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1985	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1988	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1984	23	15	WR	248	146	1	6
1985	24	16	WR	125	16	17	52
1986	25	15	WR	178	77	4	14
1987	26	12	WR	120	41	12	34
1988	27	16	WR	197	89	3	11
1989	28	15	WR	156	48	15	35
1990	29	10	WR	59		65
1991	30	16	WR	177	74	6	15
1992	31	13	WR	80		47
1993	32	16	WR	51		67
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