The Philadelphia Eagles pick OLB Keenan Clayton in the 4th round

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,The Draft Report by admin on Tuesday 11 May 2010 at 11:25 am

The Eagles have picked OLB Keenan Clayton with the 121st overall pick (4th round) of the NFL Draft.  Clayton is a good athlete as he is 6’1″, 229 pounds and he runs a 4.62 40.  He started out as a safety at Oklahoma but he got too big to stay there and the Sooners needed him at linebacker and he played well for them there.  Clayton played in 13 games for Oklahoma last season in which he had 75 tackles, 5.5 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, he forced 2 fumbles, had 2 interceptions and he broke up 5 passes as he was really busy.  In his four years at Oklahoma, Clayton played in 54 games in which he finished up with 183 tackles, 16 tackles for a loss, he had 6 sacks, forced 8 fumbles, he broke up 15 passes and he had 3 interceptions.  The Eagles hope that Clayton will eventually work his way into the starting lineup for them.  But for 2010 they would likely be ecstatic if he excelled on special teams while showing potential as a backup on D.

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