William Clay Matthews Jr.
Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: March 15, 1956 in Palo Alto, CA
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (12th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 96 (191st overall since 1950)
Relatives: Son of Clay Matthews, Father of Casey Matthews and Clay Matthews, Brother of Bruce Matthews and Uncle of Kevin Matthews
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Hall of Fame semi-finalist in 2012
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| All-Time Rank: #109. Jack Ham… #110. Jackie Smith… #111. Cortez Kennedy… #112. CLAY MATTHEWS… #113. Henry Ellard… #114. Charley Taylor… #115. Richard Dent… |
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1978 | 22 | CLE | lb | 57 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 1979 | 23 | CLE | RLB/rolb | 57 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1980 | 24 | CLE | ROLB | 57 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1981 | 25 | CLE | ROLB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 128 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1982 | 26 | CLE | lb | 57 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | 27 | CLE | ROLB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| 1984 | 28 | CLE | ROLB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| 1985* | 29 | CLE | ROLB | 57 | 14 | 14 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 1986 | 30 | CLE | ROLB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1987* | 31 | CLE | ROLB | 57 | 12 | 12 | 2.5 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 13 | |
| 1988* | 32 | CLE | ROLB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| 1989* | 33 | CLE | LLB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 113 | 0 | 13 | |
| 1990 | 34 | CLE | LLB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| 1991 | 35 | CLE | RLB | 57 | 15 | 15 | 6.5 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1992 | 36 | CLE | RLB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1993 | 37 | CLE | RLB | 57 | 16 | 15 | 5.5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1994 | 38 | ATL | LLB | 57 | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 71 | 19 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | 39 | ATL | LLB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 14 | 7 | ||
| 1996 | 40 | ATL | lb | 57 | 15 | 1 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Career | 278 | 248 | 69.5 | 16 | 206 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 1561 | 34 | 142 | |||||
| 16 yrs | CLE | 232 | 216 | 62.0 | 14 | 205 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 1430 | 0 | 128 | ||||
| 3 yrs | ATL | 46 | 32 | 7.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 34 | 14 | ||||
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1984 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1984 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1984 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1984 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1988 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1989 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |