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Kaelin Clay Selected in Sixth Round of NFL Draft by Tampa Bay
5/2/2015 12:00 AM | Football
May 2, 2015
CHICAGO - Utah wide receiver/return specialist Kaelin Clay was picked by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft on Saturday. Four Utes have now been selected in this year's draft, the most selections for the program since 2010.
Clay, the 184th overall pick, becomes the second Ute to ever be selected by Tampa Bay. Paris Warren was a seventh-round selection of the Buccaneers in 2005. There have been 12 former Utah players selected in the sixth round in school history, most recently with Caleb Schlauderaff being picked by Green Bay in 2011.
Four Utes going in this year's draft is the most selections for the program since 2010 when a school record of six Utah players were picked: Zane Beadles (second round by Denver), Koa Misi (second round by Miami), Robert Johnson (fifth round by Tennessee), David Reed (fifth round by Baltimore), Stevenson Sylvester (fifth round by Pittsburgh) and R.J. Stanford (seventh round by Carolina).
Clay, a 5-foot-10, 195-pound speedster who started at wide receiver in his only season at Utah in 2014, made four All-America teams as a punt returner: first team Sporting News, CBSSports.com and FOXSports.com, and second team Scout.com. Clay was also named a first-team All-Pac-12 return specialist and won the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Punt Returner Trophy.
Clay returned three punts for touchdowns during his historic season, which tied for first in the nation and also tied the school record. He led the Pac-12 and ranked fourth in the nation in punt return average (15.0) and was one of two players in the country with four total returns for touchdowns (3 punt, 1 kickoff).
Two other former Utah receivers are currently on NFL rosters: Steve Smith (Baltimore) and Reggie Dunn (Dallas).
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-- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@TBBuccaneers) May 2, 2015
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