Clay Matthews
William Clay Matthews Jr.
Born: March 15, 1956
Palo Alto, CA USA
Position: LB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 245
College: USC
High School: Arcadia (CA); New Trier East (Winnetka, IL)
Career: 1978-1996
Drafted: 1978 in Round 1, #12 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Clay Matthews played from 1978 to 1996 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons and Cleveland Browns. Matthews accounted for 12 points in his professional career.
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Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
1979 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
1980 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
1981 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
1986 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
1987 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 36 | 1 |
1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
1991 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
1993 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
1995 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 16 | 206 | 12.9 | 36 | 1 |
Sacks:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
1984 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
1985 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
1986 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
1987 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
1988 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
1990 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
1991 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
1993 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
1994 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
1996 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 69.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1979 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 103 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1980 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 83 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 128 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
1983 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 106 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
1984 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 126 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
1985 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 88 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | |
1986 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 89 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1987 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 72 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
1988 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 101 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 113 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 3 |
1990 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 102 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
1991 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 111 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1993 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 83 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1994 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 80.5 | 71 | 19 | ||||||
1995 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 56 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 11.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Totals | 1578 | 1561 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 27 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1987 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 2 |
1979 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 16 |
1980 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 13 |
1981 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 16 |
1982 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 |
1983 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 16 |
1984 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 16 |
1985 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 14 |
1986 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 16 |
1987 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
1988 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 16 |
1989 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 16 |
1990 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 16 |
1991 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 15 |
1992 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 16 |
1993 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 15 |
1994 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 15 |
1995 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 16 |
1996 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 1 |
Honors
1984 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1984 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1984 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1984 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1988 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1989 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)