Clay Matthews III

Clay Matthews III
	Matthews III with the Green Bay Packers in 2012
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Position:	Outside linebacker
Personal information
Born:	May 14, 1986 (age 37); Los Angeles, California
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school:	Agoura; (Agoura Hills, California)
College:	USC
NFL Draft:	2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26
Career history
	Green Bay Packers (2009–2018); Los Angeles Rams (2019);
Career highlights and awards
	Super Bowl champion (XLV); 6× Pro Bowl (2009–2012, 2014, 2015); First-team All-Pro (2010); 2× Second-team All-Pro (2012, 2014); PFWA NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2010); Butkus Award (2010); 3× Pac-10 champion (2006–2008);
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:
Total tackles:	519
Sacks:	91.5
Pass deflections:	44
Interceptions:	6
Forced fumbles:	17
Defensive touchdowns:	3
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Player stats at PFR

William Clay Matthews III (born May 14, 1986 in Northridge, California) is an American former football outside linebacker. He played eleven seasons in the for National Football League (NFL). He played for the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams. During his time with the Packers, Matthews helped them win Super Bowl XLV.

Matthews was drafted out of the University of Southern California by the Green Bay Packers with the 26th pick in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Matthews is the son of former NFL player Clay Matthews, Jr. and his uncle is Bruce Matthews who also played in the NFL.

On September 27, 2022, Matthews announced that he was retiring from playing professional football.^[1]

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