Willie Clay

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Willie Clay
Date of birth: September 5, 1970 (1970-09-05) (age 37)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Pittsburgh, PA
Career information
Position(s): Cornerback
Safety
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight: 184 lb (83 kg)
College: Georgia Tech
Organizations
 As player:
1992-1995
1996-1998
1999
Detroit Lions
New England Patriots
New Orleans Saints
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Willie James Clay (born September 5, 1970 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), nicknamed "Big Play Willie Clay", is a former American football defensive back in the NFL for the Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, and New Orleans Saints. The peak of his career was with the New England in 1996, when they went to Super Bowl XXXI, and lost to the Green Bay Packers.

Clay attended Linsly High School in Wheeling, West Virginia where he earned twelve varsity letters playing football, basketball, and baseball.

While in college at Georgia Tech, he made 16 career interceptions to break the school record (formerly 14).[1]

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