Running back, Kansas State, to 2006

Thomas Clayton

Thomas Clayton played running back at Kansas State (to 2006). The San Francisco 49ers took Clayton in round 6, No. 186 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
637
Rushing yards, 2005 (Kansas State, 5–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 186
Round 6, 2007 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Career highs

177rushing yards, best game on filevs. Florida International, 20052rushing touchdowns, best game on filevs. Florida International, 2005

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2004‡Kansas State14715.1015
2005Kansas State1376374.6480
2006Kansas State673224.8369
On file (2004–⁠06)2181,0304.7780

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2005Kansas State12736.1126
2006Kansas State9455.0010
On file (2004–⁠06)211185.6126

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). ‡ Short by one game in 2004 (Nov 13 at Colorado): the source has no box score for it.

Game by game

2006 Kansas State 5 games, 322 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 9vs.Florida AtlanticW 45–⁠01689129––
Sep 16vs.MarshallW 23–⁠7187611813
Sep 23vs.LouisvilleL 6–⁠2415119169534
Sep 30atBaylorL 3–⁠17183808211
Oct 14vs.NebraskaL 3–⁠21––––1−3
2005 Kansas State 9 games, 637 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Florida InternationalW 35–⁠211717728012
Sep 10atMarshallW 21–⁠1926152138345
Oct 1atOklahomaL 21–⁠43128031−1
Oct 8vs.KansasW 12–⁠316130727
Oct 15atTexas TechL 20–⁠591432071−4
Oct 22vs.Texas A&ML 28–⁠30124701011
Oct 29vs.ColoradoL 20–⁠2382116221
Nov 12atNebraskaL 25–⁠271385048––
Nov 19vs.MissouriW 36–⁠281910202112
2004 Kansas State 4 games, 71 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 11vs.Fresno StateL 21–⁠452101––
Sep 18vs.LouisianaW 40–⁠20958015––
Oct 2atTexas A&ML 30–⁠421303––
Oct 23vs.NebraskaW 45–⁠212905––

No box score in the source for Nov 13 at Colorado, so that game is not listed.

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2007Combine or pro day 2007
Height5′10¼″
Weight218 lb
Arm length32⅜″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.66 s
10-yard split1.66 s
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.28 s
20-yard shuttle4.42 s

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

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