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Clay Matthews

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… 

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 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

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1987* 31 CLE ROLB 57 12 12 1 1 6
1989* 33 CLE LLB 57 16 16 1 1 6
Career 278 248 1 1 2 12

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Career Larry Grantham, Roy Winston, Jack Pardee, Cornelius Bennett, Tom Jackson, Wayne H. Walker, Willie McGinest, Lee Roy Jordan, Bill Romanowski, Hardy Nickerson

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1985
1987
1988
1989

Approximate Value
Career 142 (93)

Approximate Value (Weighted)
Career 96 (191)

Non-Offensive TDs
1987 NFL 1 (6)
1989 NFL 1 (8)

Games
Career 278 (17)

Games Started
Career 248 (9)

Fumble Return TD
1989 NFL 1 (2)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1987 NFL 1 (2)

Sacks
Career 69.5 (75)

     

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19841st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19842nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19841st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19841st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19882nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19892nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI