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WILLIE CLAY

Clay, Willie James
Height: 5-10 Weight: 196
Born: September 5, 1970 Pittsburgh, PA
High School: The Linsly School (Wheeling, WV)

Year	College	Status
1988	Georgia Tech	Lettered
1989	Georgia Tech	Lettered
1990	Georgia Tech	Lettered
1991	Georgia Tech	Lettered

Draft: 8th round (221st overall) 1992 Detroit Lions

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1992 Detroit Lions (NFL)1992 DET NFL	32	CB	6	0
1993 Detroit Lions (NFL)1993 DET NFL	32	FS	16	1
1994 Detroit Lions (NFL)1994 DET NFL	32	SS	16	16
1995 Detroit Lions (NFL)1995 DET NFL	32	FS	16	16
1996 New England Patriots (NFL)1996 NE NFL	32	FS	16	16
1997 New England Patriots (NFL)1997 NE NFL	32	FS	16	16
1998 New England Patriots (NFL)1998 NE NFL	32	FS	16	16
1999 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1999 NO NFL	42	FS	16	9
8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL			118	90

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/27/1992	1992 Detroit Lions (NFL)1992 DET NFL
Signed	7/25/1992	1992 Detroit Lions (NFL)1992 DET NFL
Released	9/4/1992	1992 Detroit Lions (NFL)1992 DET NFL
Practice Squad	9/8/1992	1992 Detroit Lions (NFL)1992 DET NFL
Signed	11/20/1992	1992 Detroit Lions (NFL)1992 DET NFL
Free Agent	2/17/1995	1994 Detroit Lions (NFL)1994 DET NFL
Signed	5/16/1995	1995 Detroit Lions (NFL)1995 DET NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	2/16/1996	1995 Detroit Lions (NFL)1995 DET NFL
Signed	3/14/1996	1996 New England Patriots (NFL)1996 NE NFL
Released	7/28/1999	1999 New England Patriots (NFL)1999 NE NFL
Signed	8/11/1999	1999 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1999 NO NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	2/11/2000	1999 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1999 NO NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1993 Detroit Lions (NFL)1993 DET NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1994 Detroit Lions (NFL)1994 DET NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
1997 New England Patriots (NFL)1997 NE NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	24

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1994 Detroit Lions (NFL)1994 DET NFL	3	54	18.0	28t	1
1995 Detroit Lions (NFL)1995 DET NFL	8	173	21.6	39	0
1996 New England Patriots (NFL)1996 NE NFL	4	50	12.5	35	0
1997 New England Patriots (NFL)1997 NE NFL	6	109	18.2	53t	1
1998 New England Patriots (NFL)1998 NE NFL	3	19	6.3	19	0
1999 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1999 NO NFL	3	32	10.7	24	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	27	437	16.2	53t	2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1994 Detroit Lions (NFL)1994 DET NFL	3	0	20	6.7	12	0	0	0	0
1995 Detroit Lions (NFL)1995 DET NFL	5	5	49	9.8	28	0	1	0	0
1998 New England Patriots (NFL)1998 NE NFL	0	2	0			0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	8	7	69	8.6	28	0	1	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1993 Detroit Lions (NFL)1993 DET NFL	2	0	34	17.0	20	0	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	34	17.0	20	0	1	0	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
1993 Detroit Lions (NFL)1993 DET NFL	1.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1993 Detroit Lions (NFL)1993 DET NFL	0	0	0	2	2	54	2
1996 New England Patriots (NFL)1996 NE NFL	0	0	0	1	1	17	0
1997 New England Patriots (NFL)1997 NE NFL	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
1998 New England Patriots (NFL)1998 NE NFL	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0	0	0	6	6	74	2

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
1999 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1999 NO NFL	49	47	2	0	0	0	0	4	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	49	47	2	0	0	0	0	4	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
1999 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1999 NO NFL	1	0	1	15	0	1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	1	15	0	1	0

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