Former Green Bay Packer and USC Trojan linebacker Clay Matthews will be inducted into the 2024 class of the Packers Hall of Fame.
A first-round pick (No. 26 overall) in 2009 out of USC, Matthews is among the best linebackers on the field and one of the most marketable NFL players in the past 15 years.
In his time as a Green Bay Packer, he finished number one in sacks with 83.5. He was a First-Team All-Pro, a six-time Pro Bowler, and a Super Bowl champion.
“I definitely look forward to it,” said Matthews (about life after football). “My kids are getting older, so they understand what I was able to do, so I very much look forward to showing them around Lambeau, and where we used to live, and all the things that were an integral part of their young lives and my young life as well.”
Matthews had the bloodlines for the sport, beginning with his grandfather, Clay Matthews Sr., who played four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers in the early 1950s. Matthews’ father, Clay Jr., played 19 seasons in the NFL and has been a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame several times.
His uncle, Bruce, is enshrined in Canton after starting 293 games over 18 seasons with the Houston/Tennessee franchise. Bruce’s son, Jake, has been the Atlanta Falcons’ left tackle for nearly a decade.
Congrats to one of the best to ever do it
🐐🔥✌️ @ClayMatthews52 https://t.co/sEjku6iJs9— USC Football ✌️ (@uscfb) November 14, 2023
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