Chris Claybrooks | |
Birth Date: | July 17, 1998 |
Birth Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Position: | Cornerback |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 180 |
High School: | McGavock (TN) |
Draftyear: | 2020 |
Draftround: | 7 |
Draftpick: | 223 |
Pastteams: | |
Statseason: | 2023 |
Statlabel1: | Total tackles |
Statvalue1: | 81 |
Statlabel2: | Sacks |
Statlabel3: | Forced fumbles |
Statlabel4: | Fumble recoveries |
Statvalue4: | 1 |
Statlabel5: | Pass deflections |
Statvalue5: | 5 |
Statlabel6: | Interceptions |
Statlabel7: | Return yards |
Statvalue7: | 466 |
Statlabel8: | Total touchdowns |
Pfr: | ClayCh02 |
Chris Claybrooks (born July 17, 1998) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Memphis.
Claybrooks played wide receiver at Coahoma Community College but switched to cornerback when he transferred to Memphis.[1] Claybrooks missed five games in 2018 with a foot injury. In 2019, he posted 42 tackles and returned a kickoff for a touchdown. In the American Athletic Conference Championship game against Cincinnati, he had an interception and forced a fumble.
Claybrooks was selected in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the 223rd overall pick.[2] He was placed on injured reserve on November 26, 2020.[3] On December 19, 2020, Claybrooks was activated off of injured reserve.[4]
On April 15, 2023, Claybrooks was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee on charges of domestic assault with bodily injury and vandalism under $1,000. The charges stemmed from an incident in which he allegedly grabbed a cell phone from a woman’s hand and damaged it by throwing it to the ground.[5]
On July 21, 2023, Claybrooks was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida on charges of domestic violence.[6]