Chris Claybrooks
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| Born: | July 17, 1998 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | McGavock (TN) | ||||||||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2020 / round: 7 / pick: 223 | ||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||
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Chris Claybrooks (born July 17, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback. He played college football at Memphis.
College career
[edit]Claybrooks played wide receiver at Coahoma Community College but switched to cornerback when he transferred to Memphis.[1] Claybrooks missed five games in 2018 with a foot injury. In 2019, he posted 42 tackles and returned a kickoff for a touchdown. In the American Athletic Conference Championship game against Cincinnati, he had an interception and forced a fumble.[2]
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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| 5 ft 8+3⁄4 in (1.75 m) |
177 lb (80 kg) |
31+3⁄8 in (0.80 m) |
8+3⁄4 in (0.22 m) | |||||||||
| All values from Pro Day[3] | ||||||||||||
Claybrooks was selected in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the 223rd overall pick.[2] He was placed on injured reserve on November 26, 2020.[4] On December 19, 2020, Claybrooks was activated off of injured reserve.[5]
A free agent after the 2023 season, Claybrooks was suspended 8 games by the NFL on August 23, 2024, as a result of his previous arrests.[6]
Legal issues
[edit]On April 15, 2023, Claybrooks was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee on charges of domestic assault with bodily injury and vandalism under $1,000. The charges stemmed from an incident in which he allegedly grabbed a cell phone from a woman’s hand and damaged it by throwing it to the ground.[7]
On July 21, 2023, Claybrooks was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida on charges of domestic violence.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Jordan, Jonah (April 25, 2020). "Three former Tigers selected in 2020 NFL Draft". Daily Memphian. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ a b Giannotto, Mark (April 25, 2020). "2020 NFL Draft: Memphis CB Chris Claybrooks selected by Jacksonville Jaguars in seventh round". Memphis Commercial Appeal. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "Chris Claybrooks, Memphis, CB, 2020 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, James (November 26, 2020). "Jags place cornerback Chris Claybrooks on injured reserve". Jaguars Wire. USA Today. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Jaguars Make Roster Moves". Jaguars.com. December 19, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ Goodall, Zach (August 23, 2024). "NFL rules on ex-Jaguars CB's personal conduct violation". Jaguars Wire. USA Today. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ Smits, Garry (April 18, 2023). "Jaguars' Chris Claybrooks faces charges after altercation with woman in Nashville". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ "Jaguars DB arrested again on domestic battery charge". news4jax.com. July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.