Jimmy Clausen, 2007
Photo: Photo by Spc. Drew Wilkinson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Notre Dame, 2007–⁠09

Jimmy Clausen

Number
No. 7
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Westlake Village, CA
Born
Sep 21, 1987, in Thousand Oaks, California

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Jimmy Clausen played quarterback at Notre Dame (2007–⁠09). The Carolina Panthers took Clausen in round 2, No. 48 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,722
Passing yards, 2009 (Notre Dame, 6–⁠6)
Best game
401 yards
Vs. Hawai’i, bowl season 2008: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 48
Round 2, 2010 NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)

Career highs

452passing yards, career highvs. Navy, 20095touchdown passes, career hightwice; last at Stanford, 2009

All-America: Sporting News third team 2009

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2007*Notre Dame13824556.31,2545.176
2008*Notre Dame26844060.93,1727.22517
2009Notre Dame28942568.03,7228.8284
Career6951,11062.68,1487.36027

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2007*Notre Dame62−187−3.0211
2008*Notre Dame54−73−1.4010
2009Notre Dame59−95−1.6311
Career175−355−2.0511

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2007Notre Dame7QB
2008Notre Dame7QB
2009Notre Dame7QB6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Notre Dame 12 games, 3,722 passing yards, 28 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.NevadaW 35–⁠01518315401
Sep 12atMichiganL 34–⁠382542336300
Sep 19vs.Michigan StateW 33–⁠30223130020−1
Sep 26atPurdueW 24–⁠21152617111−13
Oct 3vs.WashingtonW 37–⁠30233142221−32
Oct 17vs.USCL 27–⁠34244326020−4
Oct 24vs.Boston CollegeW 20–⁠162639246201
Oct 31vs.Washington StateW 40–⁠14222726820−9
Nov 7vs.NavyL 21–⁠23375145221−5
Nov 14atPittsburghL 22–⁠27274228311−9
Nov 21vs.UConnL 30–⁠33304532920−9
Nov 28atStanfordL 38–⁠45233034050−15
2008 Notre Dame 13 games, 3,172 passing yards, 25 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 6vs.San Diego StateW 21–⁠13213423732–
Sep 13vs.MichiganW 35–⁠171021147225
Sep 20atMichigan StateL 7–⁠23244124212−31
Sep 27vs.PurdueW 38–⁠212035275308
Oct 4vs.StanfordW 28–⁠212940347304
Oct 11atNorth CarolinaL 24–⁠29314838322−6
Oct 25atWashingtonW 33–⁠7142620111−21
Nov 1vs.PittsburghL 33–⁠36234427130−6
Nov 8atBoston CollegeL 0–⁠1726462260419
Nov 15vs.NavyW 27–⁠211518110024
Nov 22vs.SyracuseL 23–⁠24223929120−21
Nov 29atUSCL 3–⁠3811224102−22
Dec 24 ✦vs.Hawai’iW 49–⁠21222640150−6
2007 Notre Dame 10 games, 1,254 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.Georgia TechL 3–⁠33463400−14
Sep 8atPenn StateL 10–⁠31173214401−25
Sep 15atMichiganL 0–⁠3811177401−65
Sep 22vs.Michigan StateL 14–⁠317135300−30
Sep 29atPurdueL 19–⁠3318261691113
Oct 6atUCLAW 20–⁠617278400−21
Oct 13vs.Boston CollegeL 14–⁠2772060024
Nov 10vs.Air ForceL 24–⁠41224024630−39
Nov 17vs.DukeW 28–⁠716321943012
Nov 24atStanfordW 21–⁠14193219601−22

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2010Combine or pro day 2010
Height6′2⅝″
Weight222 lb
Arm length30¾″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.76 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 21 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2010Carolina Panthers131572991,5583957
2014Chicago Bears42648223219
2015Baltimore Ravens4721257392436
NFL career212554722,520714102

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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