Mark Clayton in the NFL
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Receiver, Oklahoma, 2001–⁠04

Mark Clayton

Born
Jul 2, 1982

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Mark Clayton played receiver at Oklahoma (2001–⁠04). The Baltimore Ravens took Clayton in the first round, No. 22 overall in the 2005 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2004
First-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 22
Overall, 2005 NFL Draft (Baltimore Ravens)

Career highs

8catches, best game on filevs. Colorado, 2004122receiving yards, best game on filevs. Houston, 20042receiving touchdowns, best game on filethree times; last vs. Colorado, 2004

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2004

All-America: Sporting News 2003; AFCA 2004; AP second team 2003 and 2004; Walter Camp second team 2003 and 2004; Pro Football Weekly 2003

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2004Oklahoma6687613.3861

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2004Oklahoma151011

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.

Game by game

2004 Oklahoma 13 games, 66 catches, 876 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 4vs.Bowling GreenW 40–⁠247742–
Sep 11vs.HoustonW 63–⁠13512201
Sep 18vs.OregonW 31–⁠76910–
Oct 2vs.Texas TechW 28–⁠134330–
Oct 9vs.TexasW 12–⁠03190–
Oct 16atKansas StateW 31–⁠215522–
Oct 23vs.KansasW 41–⁠1051121–
Oct 30atOklahoma StateW 38–⁠3554804
Nov 6atTexas A&MW 42–⁠35610205
Nov 13vs.NebraskaW 30–⁠356105
Nov 20atBaylorW 35–⁠03351–
Dec 4vs.ColoradoW 42–⁠381062–
Jan 4 ✦vs.USCL 19–⁠554210–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2005
Height5′10⅜″
Weight193 lb
Arm length30⅝″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.41 s
10-yard split1.53 s
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump9′10″
3-cone drill6.95 s
20-yard shuttle4.07 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 79 games with a stat; latest team: St. Louis Rams.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2005Baltimore Ravens13500
2006Baltimore Ravens16500
2007Baltimore Ravens15200
2008Baltimore Ravens16300
2009Baltimore Ravens13300
2010St. Louis Rams5–00
2011St. Louis Rams1–00
NFL career791800

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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