Professional career Michael Clayton (American football)
1 professional career
1.1 tampa bay buccaneers
1.2 united football league
1.3 new york giants
professional career
tampa bay buccaneers
clayton drafted tampa bay buccaneers 15th selection of 1st round of 2004 nfl draft. after promising 2004 rookie campaign tampa bay, led nfl rookies , buccaneers 80 receptions 1193 yards, , team 7 touchdowns, clayton had relatively disappointing season in 2005. knee surgery in offseason , season riddled small mistakes on field, finished 32 receptions total of 372 yards , no touchdowns. forced sit out final game of regular season against new orleans saints turf toe injury, , sat out buccaneers playoff match against washington redskins. second season disappointing , inconsistent.
the start 2006 season showed clayton had returned healthy past of 2004. clayton looked 3 receptions , 34 yards despite buccaneers offensive struggles on september 10 in 27–0 loss baltimore ravens. continuing return 2004 form, caught 6 passes 55 yards , touchdown against cincinnati bengals on october 15, 2006. touchdown, thrown bruce gradkowski, came seconds left , gave tampa bay buccaneers go ahead lead first win of 2006 season. unfortunately, following undisclosed injury, buccaneers placed him on injured reserve, ending season 4 games remaining.
he followed overall performance forgettable 2007 season, although did come on strong down stretch. made of opportunities @ end, when buccaneers resting many of starters (which many analysts considered mistake). caught 22 passes during 14-game season, 16 of came in last 4 contests , 10 coming in last two. amassed 192 of 301 yards in 4 games.
clayton got play in first post-season contest on january 6, 2008 against eventual super bowl-champion new york giants. caught 3 passes 39 yards.
after 2008 season clayton became free agent, re-signed buccaneers new five-year deal. after signing deal made famous check in bank quote. bucs released clayton on september 4, 2010.
united football league
clayton joined omaha nighthawks of united football league on october 25, 2010.
new york giants
on november 23, 2010, clayton signed one-year contract new york giants following injuries giants receivers steve smith, hakeem nicks , ramses barden. move reunited clayton giants quarterback eli manning whom shared dorm during nfl combine in 2004. on september 3, 2011 clayton cut giants
on september 23, 2011, giants re-signed clayton after placing domenik hixon on injured reserve. became free agent after season.
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