Kaelin Clay
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| No. 16 Baltimore Ravens | |||||||
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| Position: | Wide Receiver / Return Specialist | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 3, 1992 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Long Beach, California | ||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Long Beach (CA) Poly | ||||||
| College: | Utah | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2015 / Round: 6 / Pick: 184 | ||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
| Roster status: | Injured reserve | ||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2015 | |||||||
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Kaelin Clay (born January 3, 1992) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Utah.[1][2][3] He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2015 NFL Draft.
Early years
Clay attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. He caught 20 passes for 502 yards and six touchdowns in his junior campaign on a squad that won the Southern Section title. He began his SuperPrep All-American and All-Moore League senior season as a wide receiver before moving to the backfield for the final four games. He rushed for 1,048 yards and posted another 524 receiving to combine for 1,572 rushing and receiving yards as a senior, while scoring 15 touchdowns (eight receiving, seven rushing) and adding 13 punt returns for 206 yards. Clay was ranked as the No. 53 wide receiver nationally by Rivals.com and the media outlet's No. 79 player overall in the state of California.[4]
Also a standout track & field athlete, Clay finished third in the state in the 100-meter dash (10.44) and fourth in the 200-meter dash (21.07) as a senior in 2010 with career-best times in both. He helped his track squad win Moore League titles in each his four seasons, while he was a four-time winner (100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100 meter relay, 4x400 meter relay) at the league track meet in each of his final two seasons, as well as the winner in both the 100m and 200m for each of his final three campaigns.
College career
Played one year at Utah after transferring from Mt. San Antonio College, where he was named first-team all-conference with 16 touchdowns. He made four different All-American teams as a return specialist in 2014 with Utah and was named first-team All-Pac-12 as a return specialist. He also finished the season with a punt return average of 15.0 and three touchdowns. Also returned a kickoff for a touchdown last season and had a 24.9 average on kickoff returns.
On November 8, 2014, Clay received national coverage when, on what would have been Clay's defining 79-yard touchdown for his collegiate career, he showboated prematurely and dropped the ball on the 1-yard line, allowing the Oregon Ducks' Joe Walker to recover the ball and return it 99 yards for a touchdown in the opposite direction.[5]
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||||
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| 5 ft 10 in | 195 lb | 4.45 s | 1.59 s | 2.59 s | 4.26 s | 6.97 s | 33 in | 9 ft 5 in | 10 reps | ||||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine, 40-yard dash from Pro Day[6] | |||||||||||||||||||
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Clay in the 6th round of the 2015 NFL Draft at pick 184. On May 12, 2015, Clay was signed by the Buccaneers. On September 5, 2015, he was waived by the Buccaneers. On September 7, 2015, Clay was re-signed to the practice squad. On September 15, 2015, he was released by the Buccaneers.
Detroit Lions
On September 22, 2015, Clay was signed by the Lions to the practice squad.
Baltimore Ravens
On November 17, 2015, Clay was signed from the Detroit Lions practice squad to the Ravens.[7] On November 22, 2015, Clay played in his first career game against the St. Louis Rams. The next week against their divisonal-rival, Cleveland Browns, Clay returned the Ravens first punt-return for an 82-yard touchdown on Monday Night Football.[8]
During the August 11 preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers, Clay fumbled a punt, giving Carolina possession. He was waived/injured by the Ravens on August 15, 2016 and was placed on injured reserve.
References
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune. "After blunder goes viral, Utah's Kaelin Clay fights to put it behind him (with video)". The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ↑ Brad Rock (December 18, 2014). "Brad Rock: Utah's Kaelin Clay shows the way to move on". DeseretNews.com.
- ↑ MARK ANDERSON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. "Utah WR Clay moves on from gaffe". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ↑ "Kaelin Clay Biography". calbears.com.
- ↑ Peters, Micah (November 9, 2014). "Utah's Kaelin Clay makes all-time goof, drops ball too soon, Oregon returns it for TD. Oregon went on to win the game 51–27.". USA Today. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Kaelin Clay – Utah, WR : 2015 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". nfldraftscout.com.
- ↑ Downing, Garrett (November 17, 2015). "Ravens Waive Asa Jackson, Jeremy Ross". BaltimoreRavens.com. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ↑ Cleveland.com. "Watch Kaelin Clay give Baltimore a 7-0 lead on Monday Night Football". Retrieved November 30, 2015.