Clint Session(born September 22, 1984) is a formerAmerican footballlinebackerwho played in theNational Football League(NFL) for theIndianapolis ColtsandJacksonville Jaguars.. He playedcollege footballatPittsburghand was selected by the Colts in the fourth round of the2007 NFL draft.
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Pompano Beach, Florida,U.S. | September 22, 1984||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 248 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2007/ round: 4 / pick: 136 | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editSession attendedBlanche Ely High SchoolinPompano Beach, Floridaand was an honor student and a letterman in football andtrack & field.In football, he was a four-year letterman and as a senior, he led his team to the Florida State Title. He was a first-team All-Broward County Athletic Association selection, a first-team All-Broward County selection, a first-team Class 5A All-Florida selection, and an All-Southwest Region selection by PrepStar.
College career
editA team captain and two-year starter for thePittsburgh Panthers,Session finished his college career with 259tackles,2.5sacks,seven forcedfumbles,and threeinterceptions.
Professional career
editIndianapolis Colts
editSession was selected by theIndianapolis Coltsin the fourth round of the2007 NFL draft.[1]After spending his rookie season as a backup, he became a starter during his second season. He started 15 of 16 games for the Colts atoutside linebacker,recording 94 tackles.
Jacksonville Jaguars
editOn July 28, 2011, Session signed a 5-year, $30 million contract with theJacksonville Jaguars.[2]
In November 2011, Session suffered multiple concussions in a game against theCleveland Browns.The following week, he was placed on theinjured reserve list,ending his season.[3]
Session had not recovered at the beginning of the 2012 season and was placed on thephysically unable to perform(PUP) list.[4]He was waived on December 4, 2012.[5]
NFL career statistics
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Bold | Career high |
Regular season
editYear | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2007 | IND | 13 | 1 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | IND | 16 | 15 | 94 | 74 | 20 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | IND | 14 | 14 | 102 | 83 | 19 | 0.5 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | IND | 5 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | JAX | 9 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
57 | 41 | 295 | 230 | 65 | 2.5 | 21 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs
editYear | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2007 | IND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | IND | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | IND | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Post-football career
editClinton Session owns and operates "Raw Juice" - a smoothie bar in Northeast Indianapolis.[6]
In mid-2015, press reports indicated Session was being sued to provide child support payments to his blind three-year-old daughter.[7]
References
edit- ^"2007 NFL Draft Listing".Pro-Football-Reference.RetrievedMay 11,2023.
- ^"Former Ely star Clint Session signs with Jaguars, gets $11.5 million signing bonus".Archived fromthe originalon July 19, 2013.RetrievedMarch 28,2012.
- ^http://jacksonville /opinion/blog/429812/tania-ganguli/2012-07-28/clint-session-played-concussion-against-browns-regrets[bare URL]
- ^http:// cbssports /nfl/blog/nfl-rapidreports/19939500/jaguars-cuts-injury-moves-help-team-get-to-75[dead link ]
- ^"Jaguars waive LB Session".Fox News.March 27, 2015.
- ^"Instagram".
- ^"Court: Ex-Colts LB Clint Session owes $200K to support disabled daughter".Indy Star.July 25, 2015.RetrievedJuly 31,2020.