David Cortez Clowney IV (born July 8, 1985) is a former
American football
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wide receiver. He was drafted by the
Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the
2007 NFL Draft. He played
college football at
Virginia Tech
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.
Clowney spent the bulk of his four year NFL career as a player for the
New York Jets.
Early years
Clowney attended
Atlantic Community High School in
Delray Beach
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,
Florida
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. While there he was an honorable mention Class 5A All-State selection as a
senior. He
lettered
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four seasons as a receiver and safety for. Clowney was named to the All-
Palm Beach County
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team as published by the ''Palm Beach Post''. He made one of the season's biggest plays, a 99-yard touchdown catch against
Blanche Ely High School
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in the regional finals. Clowney totaled 25 catches for 576 yards and a county-best ten touchdowns. He returned three kicks for 245 yards and two touchdowns. Clowney caught three passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns in a game against
Wellington High School. He caught 39 passes his
junior
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season.
Clowney was also a sprinter on the
track team. He was a state finalist in the 200 meter dash and a regional finalist in the
100 meter dash
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. He also lettered two years as a guard in
basketball
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.
College career
While at
Virginia Tech
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, Clowney majored in Apparel, Housing and Resource Management. Clowney earned a graduate degree i
Justice Administration and Public Serviceat the
College of Saint Elizabeth
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in
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in 2011. As Well as a third degree / second Masters Degree with an M.B.A. from the University of Miami
Freshman (2003)
In 2003, Clowney played in 12 games. He had five receptions for 67 yards and a score for the season. He started his career catching two passes for 37 yards against the
University of Central Florida
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, making a 27-yard touchdown catch from
Marcus Vick
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late in the game.
Sophomore (2004)
In 2004, Clowney played in 12 games, catching 20 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns. He had a seven-yard reception against the
University of Southern California
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. Clowney did not play against
Western Michigan
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. He caught a 38-yard pass on the final drive against
North Carolina State
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. Clowney earned his first collegiate start against
Florida A&M
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, finishing the game with two catches for 34 yards and a 26-yard kickoff return. He recorded a 34-yard touchdown catch at
Georgia Tech
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. Clowney tied his career high with four catches at
University of Miami
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for 54 yards, he also had a 19-yard kickoff return. He was given the Frank O. Moseley Award, awarded to the top offensive hustler, following spring practice. Recorded a 450-pound back squat, a 36-inch vertical jump and a 4.33 40-yard dash in spring testing.
Junior (2005)
Clowney hurt his hand in the latter part of spring, 2005, which somewhat limited his playing time on the field.
In
2005, David Clowney led the Hokies in receptions (34), receiving yards (619), and was second in average yards per catch (18.2). David played in all 13 games for Virginia Tech and started 12 of them. Unfortunately, even with a productive year, he only recorded 3 touchdown receptions. Clowney got off to a fast start by catching the game winning 19-yard touchdown pass from
Marcus Vick
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in the season opener at
NC State
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. David finished the season opener with 3 receptions for 30 yards and a touchdown. During Virginia Tech's second game against
Duke
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in Durham, NC, David had 3 receptions for 62 yards and a touchdown. The Hokies' third game on their schedule would also be their first home game of their 2005 campaign against
Ohio
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. Clowney started off great by making a 52-yard grab, but eventually ended the game with only 2 catches for 57 yards. In the next two games, home against
Georgia Tech
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and at
West Virginia
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, Clowney would record the same exact stat sheet with 3 catches for 47 yards. While facing
Marshall
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, he recorded a 48-yard touchdown catch and finished the game with 2 catches for 56 yards and 1 touchdown. Although David would not score another touchdown for the remainder of the season, against
Maryland
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, he had 3 receptions and would also set his 2005 game-high receiving yardage with 76. The following week versus
Boston College, Clowney remained a target with 3 receptions for 58 yards. While facing their rival,
Miami
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, Virginia Tech's offense was completely shut down and David only came away with 1 catch for 22 yards. He improved, following the Hokies' first loss of the season, by recording 3 catches for 42 yards at
Virginia
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. Even though Virginia Tech relied on their rushing attack to defeat
North Carolina
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, Clowney was their most productive receiver with 2 receptions for 18 yards. In the ACC Championship game, with a loss against
Florida State
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, Clowney recorded 4 catches for 35 yards. Virginia Tech played
Louisville
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...
on January 2, 2006 in the
2006 Gator Bowl
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. David led the team in receiving yards and made 2 catches for 69 yards including a career-long 54-yard reception. Clocking a 4.28 40 yard dash time while at Virginia Tech
Senior (2006)
In
2006, Clowney played in 12 games, made 34 receptions for 424 yards, average 12.5 yards per reception, with a season long of 60 yards. He also carried the ball one time for a loss of five yards. He also returned two kick offs for a total of 44 yards, with a long of 24 yards.
Combine Tests
* 40 yard dash = 4.35 seconds
* 10 yard dash = 1.57 seconds
* 20 yard short shuttle = 4.15 seconds
* Vertical Jump = 40.5inches
Professional career
Green Bay Packers
Clowney was selected in the
fifth round (157th overall) of the
2007 NFL Draft by the
Green Bay Packers.
New York Jets
2007
Clowney was traded and signed by the
New York Jets on October 3, 2007.
2008
In the 2008 preseason game Clowney led all receivers with four receptions for 163 yards and two touchdowns. He finished preseason catching eight passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns. However, Clowney injured his
collar bone
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, and didn't have his first career NFL reception until Week 15 against the
Buffalo Bills, when he had a one-handed catch that went for 26 yards from Brett Favre
2009 Season
Clowney caught 14 passes for 191 yards. He had 1 touchdown catch.
2010
The Jets waived Clowney on September 5, 2010. Clowney was immediately re-signed by the team on September 14, 2010 following their Week One matchup against the
Baltimore Ravens
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.
Clowney, along with teammate
Patrick Turner
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, were released on October 4, 2010, to make room for defensive tackle
Howard Green
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and wide receiver
Santonio Holmes
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, who was returning from a four-game suspension.
Carolina Panthers
Clowney was claimed off waivers by the
Carolina Panthers
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on October 5, 2010. Where he started the next 4 games with Steve Smith being injured.
Buffalo Bills
On January 5, 2012 Clowney signed a future contract with the Buffalo Bills, the contract saw Clowney earn $700,000 in 2012.
Montreal Alouettes
Clowney was signed by Montreal Alouettes of the (CFL) Canadian Football League. He suffered a neck injury on June 13, 2013 at a pre-season game against
Hamilton Tiger Cats
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and was placed on 9 game injured reserve list.
Regular season statistics
References
External links
Official Website*
Just Sports StatsNew York Jets bioMontreal Alouettes
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1985 births
Living people
African-American players of American football
American football wide receivers
Carolina Panthers players
Green Bay Packers players
Montreal Alouettes players
New York Jets players
People from Amityville, New York
Players of American football from New York (state)
Sportspeople from Delray Beach, Florida
Sportspeople from Suffolk County, New York
Virginia Tech Hokies football players
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