Английская Википедия:Chris Claiborne

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Christopher Ashon Claiborne (born July 26, 1978) is an American football coach and former player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. Claiborne played college football for the University of Southern California, and was recognized as an All-American. He was a first-round pick in the 1999 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams, and New York Giants of the NFL.

After ending his playing career, he entered coaching at the high school level. In 2020, he returned to USC's football team as a quality control analyst and most recently was the Linebackers coach at Arizona State. He currently is the Linebackers coach for the St. Louis BattleHawks of the United Football League (UFL).

Early years

Claiborne was born in San Diego, California. He attended John W. North High School in Riverside, California, and was a letterman in both football and basketball. In football, he won All-State honors at both running back and linebacker as a senior under head coach Mark Paredes. Claiborne graduated from high school in 1996.

College career

Claiborne accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Southern California, where he played for the USC Trojans football team from 1996 to 1998. As a senior in 1998, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. He is also USC's first and only Butkus award winner.

Professional career

The Detroit Lions selected Claiborne in the first round (ninth pick overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft, and he played for the Lions from Шаблон:NFL Year to Шаблон:NFL Year. He later played for the Minnesota Vikings from Шаблон:NFL Year to Шаблон:NFL Year, the St. Louis Rams in Шаблон:NFL Year, and the New York Giants in Шаблон:NFL Year. He signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars in August 2007 but was released before the start of the Шаблон:NFL Year regular season.

Year	Team	Games	Combined Tackles	Tackles	Assisted Tackles	Sacks	Forced Fumbles	Fumble Recoveries	Fumble Return Yards	Interceptions	Interception Return Yards	Yards per Interception Return	Longest Interception Return	Interceptions Returned for Touchdown	Passes Defended
1999	DET	15	66	50	16	1.5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2000	DET	16	101	62	39	0.5	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	4
2001	DET	16	119	77	42	4.0	1	1	0	2	11	6	6	0	6
2002	DET	16	100	72	28	4.5	0	1	0	3	63	21	43	1	7
2003	MIN	12	80	61	19	3.0	1	2	0	1	3	3	3	0	7
2004	MIN	12	56	38	18	1.0	1	1	0	1	15	15	15	1	5
2005	STL	14	38	33	5	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	NYG	4	2	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		105	562	394	168	15.0	8	8	0	8	93	12	43	2	31

Coaching

In February 2013, Claiborne began coaching at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California. He moved to Calabasas High School in 2014 as defensive coordinator, and took over as head coach in 2018. He resigned in December 2019; in two years as Calabasas' head coach, he went 17–6.

Claiborne returned to USC in 2020 as a quality control analyst; he had received his bachelor' degree from the university in 2019. On January 25, 2021 Claiborne was named linebackers coach at Arizona State.

External links

• TSN Bio