Mark Clayton

Mark Clayton may refer to:

Mark E. Clayton

Mark E. Clayton (born 1977) was the Democratic nominee in the 2012 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee. In the August 2 primary election, Clayton received his party's nomination with roughly 30 percent of the vote in a multi-candidate field. There is no runoff election in Tennessee; therefore with less than a third of the votes cast, Clayton became his party's nominee. The day after his nomination, the Tennessee Democratic Party disavowed his candidacy, citing Clayton's conservative and libertarian views. Clayton lost to incumbent Republican Bob Corker in the November 6 general election.

Background

Clayton was born in Mobile in south Alabama, but he was reared in Alexandria, Virginia. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gill Clayton, were Goldwater Republicans. His father lobbied Congress on religious liberty issues. Clayton graduated from high school and served in the United States Army Reserve. He studied to be an aircraft electrician before he enrolled at Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, Florida, from which he graduated in 2002.

Mark Clayton (American football, born 1982)

Mark Jermaine Clayton (born July 2, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver of the National Football League. Clayton played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners from 2001 to 2004. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft and also played for the St. Louis Rams.

Education

Mark Clayton obtained his communications degree in 2010 through the university's degree completion program.

Football career

College career

After redshirting in Oklahoma's 2000 national championship season, Clayton's college career began in 2001, when he started 8 of Oklahoma's 13 games, and made 46 catches for 524 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Sooners won the Cotton Bowl Classic. In 2002, he made only one start, but managed 26 receptions for 416 yards, including 5 touchdowns, which tied for the team lead among receivers. In that year, the Sooners won the Big 12 championship as well as the Rose Bowl, a first for any Big 12 team.

His profile exploded in 2003, as he garnered All-American and All-Big 12 honors after a junior season in which he took aim on the school record book. His 83 receptions, 1,425 yards, and 15 touchdowns all smashed previous marks (66, 1,034, and 7, respectively). The quarterback who threw the passes, Jason White, won the Heisman Trophy, and the Sooners advanced to the Sugar Bowl before losing to national champion LSU. Clayton was a Biletnikoff Award finalist. Several of Clayton's "highlight reel" catches during this season demonstrated his ability to gain large amounts of yards after the catch (YAC).