Clinton Hart
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Position: | Safety | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Dade City, Florida, U.S. | July 20, 1977||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | South Sumter (Bushnell, Florida) | ||||||
College: | UCF[1] | ||||||
Undrafted: | 2000 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Clinton Glenn Hart (born July 20, 1977) is a former
Early years
Hart attended South Sumter, where he practiced football and baseball. In football, he was the team's starter at quarterback and safety.
Because of his SAT low score, he didn't receive football college scholarships offers except for an interest to play college football at UCF, he turned it downed instead deciding to play
Professional career
Tampa Bay Storm
After spending the 2000 season with the
Philadelphia Eagles
After success in the AFL, the Philadelphia Eagles signed Hart to a contract in 2002 and allocated him to NFL Europe, where he played for the Rhein Fire and Amsterdam Admirals. He spent the final six weeks of the season on the Eagles practice squad.
In 2003, Hart was able to make the roster and started 9 games at safety due to an injury to starter Brian Dawkins. On September 14, 2004, the Eagles waived him.
San Diego Chargers
On September 15, 2004, Hart was claimed off waivers by the San Diego Chargers. Hart played in 14 games for the Chargers in 2004 and was tied with Hanik Milligan for the team lead with in special teams tackles with 15.
In 2005, Hart started 5 of 16 games and recorded 45 tackles and an interception. He also scored two
In 2007, Hart became the Chargers full-time starter at strong safety, starting all 16 games. He finished the season recording a career-high five interceptions and 85 tackles.
On April 7, 2008, the Chargers signed Hart to a five-year extension through 2012.[7] During the 2008 season, he remained the Chargers starter at strong safety, starting in all 14 games he played. He finished the season with 63 tackles and 0 interceptions.
Hart was cut from the Chargers on October 14, 2009.[8]
St. Louis Rams
Hart was signed by the St. Louis Rams on December 8, 2009. He wasn't re-signed after the season.
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2003 | PHI | 16 | 9 | 57 | 47 | 10 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | SDG | 14 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | SDG | 16 | 5 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 2 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
2006 | SDG | 16 | 1 | 49 | 40 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | SDG | 16 | 16 | 85 | 68 | 17 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | SDG | 14 | 14 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | SDG | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
STL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
99 | 48 | 341 | 264 | 77 | 2.0 | 9 | 10 | 233 | 2 | 70 | 38 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 0 |
NFL career statistics
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Bold | Career high |
Playoffs
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2003 | PHI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | SDG | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | SDG | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | SDG | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | SDG | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal life
On April 28, 2010, it was reported he was arrested for the battery of his wife after she discovered a female chatting with him on Facebook. He denied the charges.[9]
In 2017, Hart took the position of Defensive Coordinator at Ocala Christian Academy in Ocala, Florida.
His younger brother, Keanu Neal, played college football at Florida Gators football as a safety and was a 2016 NFL draft prospect selected #17 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.[10]
References
- ^ "Clinton Hart Profile". Football Outsiders.
- ^ "A game changer on and off the football field". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Florida recruit Keanu Neal learned from older brother's unusual career". Tampa Bay Times.
- ^ "Showing that he has Hart". Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ "Chris Hays, The Prospector: Gators' commit Keanu Neal epitomizes the term All-American". tribunedigital-orlandosentinel. 23 October 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ Baseball Draft: 2000 Angels Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Hart getting $3 million per year Archived 2008-04-13 at archive.today
- ^ ""Hart cut" by Chargers Blog". Archived from the original on 2009-10-17. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- ^ http://www.ocala.com/article/20100428/articles/100429691
- ^ Matt Baker (2013-01-29). "Florida recruit Keanu Neal learned from older brother's unusual career". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 29 April 2016.