| Clayton Tune | |
| Current Team: | Arizona Cardinals |
| Number: | 15 |
| Position: | Quarterback |
| Birth Date: | March 23, 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Plano, Texas, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lb: | 220 |
| High School: | Hebron (Carrollton, Texas) |
| College: | Houston (2018–2022) |
| Draftyear: | 2023 |
| Draftround: | 5 |
| Draftpick: | 139 |
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| Status: | Active |
| Highlights: | |
| Statseason: | 2023 |
| Statlabel1: | Passing attempts |
| Statvalue1: | 21 |
| Statlabel2: | Passing completions |
| Statvalue2: | 12 |
| Statlabel3: | Completion percentage |
| Statvalue3: | 57.1% |
| Statlabel4: | TD–INT |
| Statvalue4: | 0–2 |
| Statlabel5: | Passing yards |
| Statvalue5: | 62 |
| Statlabel6: | Passer rating |
| Statvalue6: | 22.6 |
| Statlabel7: | Rushing yards |
| Statvalue7: | 30 |
| Statlabel8: | Rushing touchdowns |
| Statvalue8: | 1 |
| Pfr: | TuneCl00 |
Clayton Tune (born March 23, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Houston and was selected by the Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL draft.
Tune attended Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas.[1] During his career he had 6,686 passing yards with 66 passing touchdowns and 1,074 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns. He originally committed to the University of Kansas to play college football but later changed his commitment to the University of Houston.[2] [3]
In his first year at Houston in 2018, Tune appeared in five games and made two starts as a backup to D'Eriq King. He started the final two games of the year in place of an injured King. For the season, he completed 59 of 117 passes for 795 yards with eight touchdowns and two interceptions. Tune entered 2019 again as the backup to King but took over as the starter after King decided to sit out the rest of the season.[4] [5] He completed 106 of 179 passes for 1,533 yards, 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions.[6] Tune started all eight games in 2020, completing 170 of 285 passes for 2,048 yards, 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. In 2021, he started all 14 games and completed 287 of 421 passes for 3,546 yards with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.[7]
| Houston Cougars | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 0−2 | 59 | 117 | 50.4 | 795 | 6.8 | 8 | 2 | 126.6 | 41 | 53 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | 2−5 | 106 | 179 | 59.2 | 1,533 | 8.6 | 11 | 9 | 141.4 | 66 | 244 | 3.7 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | 3−5 | 170 | 285 | 59.6 | 2,048 | 7.2 | 15 | 10 | 130.4 | 72 | 253 | 3.5 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 12−2 | 287 | 421 | 68.2 | 3,546 | 8.4 | 30 | 10 | 158.0 | 105 | 154 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 8−5 | 335 | 497 | 67.4 | 4,069 | 8.2 | 40 | 10 | 158.7 | 128 | 544 | 4.3 | 5 | |
| Career | 47 | 44 | 25−19 | 957 | 1,498 | 63.9 | 11,989 | 8.0 | 104 | 41 | 148.5 | 412 | 1,248 | 3.0 | 15 | |
Tune was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round (139th overall) of the 2023 NFL draft.[8] Due to Joshua Dobbs being benched, Tune made his first NFL start on November 5, 2023, against the Cleveland Browns.[9] As a rookie, he appeared in seven games and made one start in the 2023 season.[10]
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacks | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARI | 7 | 1 | 0–1 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 62 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 22.6 | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career | 7 | 1 | 0–1 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 62 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 22.6 | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1 | ||
Tune's great-great uncle was Jim Lawrence.[11]