James Richard Clausen (born September 21, 1987) is a former
American football
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quarterback
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who played in the
National Football League
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(NFL) from 2010 to 2015. He played
college football
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Unlike most ...
at
Notre Dame and was drafted by the
Carolina Panthers
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in the second round of the
2010 NFL Draft
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. He was also a member of the
Chicago Bears
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and
Baltimore Ravens
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.
High school career
Clausen had an outstanding prep career at
Oaks Christian School
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in
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. In 2006, he threw 49 touchdown passes for the season to lead the Lions to their first ever Division III
state
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title over Cardinal Newman High School (Santa Rosa, CA). Clausen never lost a football game he started in his prep career (42–0). He threw for 10,677 yards in his career at Oaks Christian.
As a senior, Clausen won the 2006
Hall Trophy
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for the nation's top high school football player and was also named "Offensive Player of the Year" by the ''
USA Today
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''. Clausen was also named the Co Player of the Year, along with USC running back
Joe McKnight
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He attended the University of Sout ...
, by Parade Magazine.
As the younger brother of two former
NCAA Division I
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quarterbacks—
Casey and
Rick Clausen, who both played at
Tennessee
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—Jimmy Clausen gained media attention very early. Beginning in eighth grade, his parents paid his tutelage under professional quarterbacks coach
Steve Clarkson. During his junior season, a ''
Sports Illustrated
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'' feature dubbed him "The Kid with The Golden Arm".
Recruiting analysts considered him a "once in a decade" quarterback talent and ranked him as the #1 overall prospect of the 2007 high school class. Because of his quick release, some in the media compared him to
Joe Namath
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.
Critics have questioned whether Clausen's success in high school was largely a product of his team—containing almost a dozen players that went on to play for
NCAA
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teams, including a highly ranked
running back
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,
Marc Tyler
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High school career
Tyler ...
—and the inferior talent level of its opponents. Many of these critics pointed to the 2007
U.S. Army All-American Bowl in which Clausen was outplayed by fellow 2007 quarterback recruit,
Ryan Mallett
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. Further, Clausen's age is a subject of criticism: he started kindergarten at six and repeated sixth grade,
thus he was 19 years old at the time of his early graduation.
On April 22, 2006, Clausen verbally committed to the University of Notre Dame. He was the most highly touted recruit for the Fighting Irish since the arrival of
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in 1993. Clausen announced his verbal commitment at the
College Football Hall of Fame
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in
South Bend, Indiana
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, after arriving in a stretch
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limousine. He also said his goal was to win multiple
national titles with the Irish.
High school awards and honors
*2006
Hall Trophy
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*2006 ''
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'' Offensive Player of the Year
College career
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Clausen, who graduated from high school one semester early, enrolled at
Notre Dame on January 16, 2007. In Notre Dame's only preseason practice open to the media, Clausen threw only a number of short passes, casting some doubt on the strength of his arm after off-season elbow surgery.
Following Notre Dame's opening loss to Georgia Tech in the
2007 season, Clausen was named the starting quarterback, but would win only one of his first six starts (against
UCLA
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) and was replaced by backup quarterback
Evan Sharpley
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during Notre Dame's loss to
Boston College
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on October 13, 2007. Citing non-specific injuries to Clausen (who had been sacked 23 times), head coach
Charlie Weis
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named Sharpley as the starting quarterback for Notre Dame's game against
USC
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on October 20, 2007. After sitting out Notre Dame's losses to USC and Navy, Clausen was again named the starter for their game against Air Force.
Clausen finished his freshman year having completed 56.3% of his passes for 1,254 yards, with 7 touchdowns (plus two rushing TDs) and 6 interceptions and a passing efficiency of 103.85, and he was sacked a team-record 34 times.
During his sophomore season, he completed 60.9% of his passes for 3172 yards, 25 touchdowns and 17 interceptions and a 132.5 efficiency rating which placed him as the 44th ranked quarterback in
NCAA Division I FBS
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. He led the Fighting Irish to a 7–6 record, culminating in a 49–21 victory against
Hawaii
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in the
Hawaii Bowl
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— which ended Notre Dame's NCAA-record nine-game bowl losing streak. Clausen set Notre Dame bowl records with 406 yards passing and five touchdowns and was named the bowl's co-MVP.
In his junior season, Clausen was named midseason All-American by ''
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''.
He finished the season with 3,722 yards passing, a 68.8% completion rate, 161.42 passer rating, 28 touchdowns, and four interceptions.
On Monday, December 7, 2009, Clausen declared that he would forgo his senior season at Notre Dame and enter the NFL draft following news of the firing of head coach Charlie Weis.
Clausen returned to Notre Dame during the 2011 off-season to finish his degree in sociology.
Statistics
College awards and honors
* 2008
Hawaii Bowl
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Co-MVP with
Golden Tate
* 2009 Second-team All-America (CBS Sportsline)
Professional career
Clausen announced his intention to enter the
2010 NFL Draft
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on December 7, 2009.
Clausen was expected to be one of the top quarterbacks available in the draft, along with former
Heisman Trophy
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winner
Sam Bradford
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. He was projected by many to be a Top-10 pick. Surprisingly, however, he was not selected in the first round of the draft, with Bradford and
Florida
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's
Tim Tebow selected ahead of him. He was selected by the
Carolina Panthers
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with the 16th pick of the 2nd round (48th overall). Analysts attributed his slide to his cocky demeanor and "persnickety smirkness."
Carolina Panthers
On July 28, 2010, Clausen signed a four-year, $4.2 million contract with the Panthers, which includes $2.53 million in guarantees.
Clausen made his NFL debut in a loss against the
New York Giants
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in the 2010 season opener, after starting quarterback
Matt Moore was sidelined with a concussion. After poor play by Matt Moore in a week 2 matchup against the
Buccaneers
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, Clausen took over late in the game. He completed 7 of 13 passes for 59 yards and an interception and one fumbled snap, and led a 17-play drive that was stopped inside the 5-yard line.
[http://www.nfl.com/players/JimmyClausen/gamelogs?id=CLA709185 NFL.com Jimmy Clausen gamelogs] The following week, Clausen started his first NFL game against the
Bengals, completing 16 of 33 passes for 188 yards and an interception and three fumbled snaps, losing two.
During the game TV cameras caught wide receiver
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walking over to Clausen, who was talking with an assistant coach, and screaming at the rookie. Smith walked away, but returned and said something else before being escorted away by tight end
Jeff King. At that point, Smith threw down a cup of
Gatorade
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. The incident was later downplayed by Smith. It was the second time there had been communication issues between Smith and Clausen. On May 6, 2010, a report on the website "Pro Football Talk" stated that, "Steve Smith 'basically thinks Jimmy is a punk.'" The website later reported that Smith sent a text message to Clausen that the report was "B.S.". In Clausen's 2nd NFL start (a week 4 match-up against the
New Orleans Saints
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), Clausen went 11 of 21 for 146 yards and completed his 1st NFL touchdown pass to RB
Jonathan Stewart
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.
After just three NFL starts and being pulled in week 5, Clausen was benched after completing 47 percent of his passes with one touchdown and three interceptions. Clausen also fumbled seven times, losing two, and had a 52.2 passer rating. Clausen finished the 2010 season with 157 completions out of 299 attempts (52.5%), 1,558 yards with 3 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. He was sacked 33 times and fumbled 9 times, losing two.
In 2011, the Panthers used their number one overall draft pick to select
Cam Newton
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of Auburn. After a four-game preseason competition, Panthers coaches decided that Newton would be named the starter for the
2011 NFL Season
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. Clausen had no improvement over his 2010 regular season performance in the 2011 preseason, finishing 24/46 passing (52.2%) and 260 yards and a 5.70 average with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and was sacked 7 times in 53 dropbacks and had a quarterback rating of 58.2, similar to his 2010 regular season performance. The Panthers also signed veteran QB
Derek Anderson to the team. Clausen was then demoted to third string.
In the 2012 pre-season, Clausen was 19 for 37 (51.4%) 252 yards and two touchdowns and like 2011 never took the field in regular season play.
On August 31, 2013, the Panthers waived an injured Clausen. He passed through waivers unclaimed, and ended up on the Panthers'
injured reserve
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list.
Chicago Bears
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Clausen was signed by the
Chicago Bears
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on June 5, 2014. During the preseason he competed with
Jordan Palmer
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for the second string spot; Clausen eventually won the job.
On December 17,
Marc Trestman
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announced that Clausen would take over the starting quarterback position from
Jay Cutler
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. Clausen completed 26 of 48 passes for 181 yards, two touchdowns, one interception and a 77 passer rating in a 20–14 loss to the
Detroit Lions
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. During the game's fourth quarter,
Ezekiel Ansah
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collided with Clausen in a helmet-to-helmet collision. Ansah was penalized and later fined, while Clausen was later diagnosed with a concussion. He relinquished his starting role to Cutler, who played in the Bears' season finale.
On March 6, 2015, Clausen re-signed on a one-year deal.
He started the third game of the season against the
Seattle Seahawks
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, completing 9 of 17 passes for 63 yards, and including sacks, recorded 48 net passing yards, the second time since the 1990 season that the Bears had less than 50 net yards passing, as they lost 26–0.
On November 23, 2015, he was waived.
Baltimore Ravens
On November 24, 2015, Clausen was claimed off waivers by the
Baltimore Ravens
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.
On December 13, 2015, Clausen started against the Seattle Seahawks, replacing the injured
Matt Schaub
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, who was in turn replacing the injured
Joe Flacco. Clausen completed 23 of 40 passes for 274 yards, no touchdowns and one interception in a 35–6 loss. He also started in a December 20 game against the
Kansas City Chiefs
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The tea ...
; he completed 26 of 45 passes for 281 yards, with two touchdowns and two interceptions, in the 34–14 loss. Clausen was then benched for
Ryan Mallett
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, who led the Ravens to a 20–17 upset win over the rival
Pittsburgh Steelers
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the following week.
Career statistics
Legal trouble
On June 23, 2007, Clausen was cited for illegal transportation of alcohol in
South Bend, Indiana
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. He was driving someone who was of legal drinking age to a liquor store to buy alcohol. According to published reports, Clausen entered a pre-trial diversion program that erased the citation since he stayed out of trouble for the following 12 months.
On November 22, 2009, Clausen was involved in an altercation outside of a South Bend bar. Sources indicate that Clausen was there with family and teammates following the team's senior day loss to Connecticut. It was reported that upon his departure, Clausen was punched in the face outside of the pub. A South Bend Police Department spokesperson stated that no police report was filed over that weekend involving Clausen. Reports indicate that Clausen was left with a black eye, which was clearly visible in the broadcast of Notre Dame's next football game. A later report of this incident indicated that the other subject involved in this incident allegedly shoved Clausen's girlfriend. It was reported that Clausen then shoved the subject away prior to Clausen being punched.
Personal life
Clausen is married to former volleyball player
Jessica Gysin. They married over Valentine's Day weekend in 2015.
[(February 16, 2015)]
Jimmy Clausen Marries Volleyball Star Over Valentine's Day Weekend
''patch.com''. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
Further reading
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References
External links
Chicago Bears bio
Carolina Panthers bio
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1987 births
Living people
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