CM

DE · #57

Clay Matthews

Atlanta Falcons

Position: Defensive End
Height / Weight: 6' 2", 245 lbs
Born: 15/3/1956 in Palo Alto, CA
Age: 70
College: USC
Draft: Undrafted
Experience: 19th Season
Status: Inactive

Play style & archetype

Based on 2026 play-by-play data.

Archetype

Limited sample

18 NFL seasons and 226 career tackles. Best year: 88 in 1994.

Career statistics

Regular season, by year and team. Career bests are highlighted.

Defense

Season	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
1978	CLE	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0	0	0	0
1979	CLE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	30	30.0	0	30	0	0	0	0
1980	CLE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0	0	0	0
1981	CLE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	7.0	0	8	0	0	0	0
1983	CLE	16	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	CLE	16	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	CLE	14	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CLE	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	12	6.0	0	8	0	0	0	0
1987	CLE	12	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	3	62	20.7	1	36	0	0	0	0
1988	CLE	16	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	CLE	16	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	25	25.0	0	25	0	0	0	0
1990	CLE	16	0	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	CLE	15	0	0	0	6.5	0	0	0	1	35	35.0	0	35	0	0	0	0
1992	CLE	16	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0	0	0	0
1993	CLE	16	64	52	12	5.5	2	0	0	1	10	10.0	0	10	2	0	0	0
1994	ATL	15	88	70	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	ATL	16	63	50	13	0	0	1	0	2	1	0.5	0	1	4	0	0	0
1996	ATL	15	11	10	1	6.5	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		276	226	182	44	69.5	5	1	0	16	206	12.9	1	36	6	0	0	0