No. 35 – Carolina Panthers | |
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Position: | Safety |
Personal information | |
Born: | Naperville, Illinois, U.S. | August 3, 2000
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | St. Charles East (St. Charles, Illinois) |
College: | Illinois State (2018–2021) Utah (2022) Coastal Carolina (2023) |
Undrafted: | 2024 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
Clayton Isbell (born August 3, 2000) is an American football safety for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Illinois State, Utah, and Coastal Carolina before being signed by the Panthers as an undrafted free agent.
Isbell attended high school at St. Charles East. Coming out of high school, Isbell decided to commit to play college football for the Illinois State Redbirds. [1]
During Isbell's career at Illinois State, he played in 28 games notching 105 tackles with five and a half being for a loss, six pass deflections, five interceptions, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble, en route to being named a FCS All-American twice. [2] After two seasons at Illinois State, Isbell decided to enter the transfer portal. [3]
Isbell decided to transfer to play for the Utah Utes. [4] [5] During Isbell's lone season with Utah in 2022, he played in all fourteen games making one start where he recorded 16 tackles with half a tackle being for a loss. [6] After the conclusion of the 2022 season, Isbell decided to enter his name into the NCAA transfer portal. [7] [8]
For the 2023 season, Isbell decided to transfer to play for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. [9] In week one of the 2023 season, Isbell made three interceptions in a loss against UCLA. [10] In his senior season in 2023, Isbell tallied 86 tackles with four and a half being for a loss, five pass deflections, and three interceptions. [11] After the conclusion of the 2023 season, Isbell decided to declare for the 2024 NFL draft. [12]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 221 lb (100 kg) | 33+1⁄2 in (0.85 m) | 10+1⁄8 in (0.26 m) | 4.82 s | 1.64 s | 2.77 s | 32 in (0.81 m) | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | 08 reps | |||
All values from Pro Day [13] [14] |
Isbell went undrafted in the 2024 NFL Draft, and signed with the Carolina Panthers as an UDFA. [15] [16]
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