Kaelin Clay is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League.
Education
Clay attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. Also a standout track & field athlete, Clay finished third in the state in the 100-meter dash (1044) and fourth in the 200-meter dash (2107) as a senior in 2010 with career-best times in both.
Career
He played college football at Utah. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2015 NFL Draft. He began his SuperPrep All-American and All-Moore League senior season as a wide receiver before moving to the backfield for the final four games.
He rushed for 1,048 yards and posted another 524 receiving to combine for 1,572 rushing and receiving yards as a senior, while scoring 15 touchdowns (eight receiving, seven rushing) and adding 13 punt returns for 206 yards.
Clay was ranked as the Number. 53 wide receiver nationally by Rivals.com and the media outlet"s Number.
79 player overall in the state of California. Played one year at Utah after transferring from Mountain.
San Antonio College, where he was named first-team all-conference with 16 touchdowns.
He made four different All-American teams as a return specialist in 2014 with Utah and was named first-team All-Pac-12 as a return specialist. He also finished the season with a punt return average of 15.0 and three touchdowns. Also returned a kickoff for a touchdown last season and had a 24.9 average on kickoff returns.
On November 8, 2014, Clay received national coverage when, on what would have been Clay"s defining 79-yard touchdown for his collegiate career, he showboated prematurely and dropped the ball on the 1-yard line, allowing the Oregon Ducks" Joe Walker to recover the ball and return it 99 yards for a touchdown in the opposite direction.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Clay in the 6th round of the 2015 NFL Draft at pick 184. On May 12, 2015, Clay was signed by the Buccaneers.
On September 5, 2015, he was waived by the Buccaneers. On September 7, 2015, Clay was re-signed to the practice squad.
On September 15, 2015, he was released by the Buccaneers.
Detroit Lions
On September 22, 2015, Clay was signed by the Lions to the practice squad. Baltimore Ravens
On November 17, 2015, Clay was signed from the Detroit Lions practice squad to the Ravens. On November 22, 2015, Clay played in his first career game against the Saint Louis Rams.