Chad Clifton

Chad Clifton

Clifton with the Packers in 2011
No. 76
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1976-06-26) June 26, 1976 (age 40)
Place of birth:	Martin, Tennessee
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	320 lb (145 kg)
Career information
High school:	Martin (TN) Westview
College:	Tennessee
NFL Draft:	2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44
Career history
Green Bay Packers (2000–2011)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XLV) 2× Pro Bowl (2007, 2010)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 165 Games started: 160 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Jeffrey Chad Clifton (born June 26, 1976) is a former American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Tennessee, and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft. With the Packers, he won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Clifton was born in Martin, Tennessee, has two brothers and twin sisters. Former Packers first round draft pick Justin Harrell is also from that city. At Westview High School in Martin, Clifton was an all-around athlete. He lettered four times in football, starting his last three seasons as a two-way player; he also was on the basketball team for three years. Throughout his high school years, Clifton played on the defensive tackle position and on tight end as a sophomore and offensive tackle in his junior and senior years. As a senior, he was named an All-American by Parade and Scholastic Coach magazines and received the Gatorade Circle of Champions "Player of the Year" award and Tennessee Class 2A Mr. Football lineman award. Clifton's Martin Westview team lost in the state playoffs in his junior and senior years to Briarcrest Christian in Memphis, whose offensive coordinator was current Ole Miss Head Coach Hugh Freeze.