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Chris Claybrooks (born July 17, 1998) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Memphis.
College career
Claybrooks played wide receiver at Coahoma Community College but switched to cornerback when he transferred to Memphis. 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.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 8+3⁄4 in (1.75 m) | 177 lb (80 kg) | 31+3⁄8 in (0.80 m) | 8+3⁄4 in (0.22 m) | |||||||||
| All values from Pro Day | ||||||||||||
Claybrooks was selected in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the 223rd overall pick. He was placed on injured reserve on November 26, 2020. On December 19, 2020, Claybrooks was activated off of injured reserve.
A free agent after the 2023 season, Claybrooks was suspended 8 games by the NFL on August 23, 2024, as a result of his previous arrests.
Legal issues
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.
On July 21, 2023, Claybrooks was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida on charges of domestic violence.