John Clay (offensive tackle)
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| Position | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | May 1, 1964 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 300 lb (136 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Cedar Hill (MO) Northwest | ||||||||
| College | Missouri | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1987: 1st round, 15th overall pick | ||||||||
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John Gregory Clay (born May 1, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons during the late 1980s.
Clay was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and played scholastically at Northwest High School in Cedar Hill.[1]
He played college football for the University of Missouri,[2] where he was a three-time All-American. He was a third-team selection as a sophomore, second-team as a junior, and earned consensus first-team honors as a senior.[3][4][5]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
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| 6 ft 5+3⁄8 in (1.97 m) | 320 lb (145 kg) | 33+1⁄4 in (0.84 m) | 9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 5.51 s | 1.83 s | 3.15 s | 4.77 s | 25.0 in (0.64 m) | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) | 16 reps | ||
| All values from NFL Combine[6] | ||||||||||||
He was selected by the Los Angeles Raiders in the first round (15th pick overall) of the 1987 NFL draft.[7]
After his rookie season, the Raiders traded Clay to the San Diego Chargers in exchange for star offensive lineman Jim Lachey.
On January 5, 2016, John Gregory Clay was officially named as the head coach of the Cahokia Comanche football team.
References
- ↑ "John Clay Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ↑ "John Clay Stats". NFL.com. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Honor Teams". The Indianapolis Star. December 5, 1984. p. 62.
- ↑ "All-America". Akron Beacon Journal. December 10, 1985. p. D2.
- ↑ "UPI All-American Team". The Indianapolis Star. December 9, 1986. p. 14.
- ↑ "John Clay Combine Results". NFLCombineResults.com. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
- ↑ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- All-American college football players
- American football offensive tackles
- Los Angeles Raiders players
- Missouri Tigers football players
- Players of American football from St. Louis
- San Diego Chargers players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1960s birth stubs