What Happened to Jimmy Clausen? The "Kid with the Golden Arm" 

I just remember his QB camp segment with Jon Gruden. Gruden wanted nothing to do with him and ended that segment quickly like he was late for a tee time.

“Notre Dame did well that season they finished 7-6”. Umm......no.

But - did Mel Kiper get fired? That’s what matters here.

Videos like this make you really respect what Flemlo does.

It is hard to judge hs prep players. They are basically state all- star teams that play against inferior teams the entire season. He probably went most of the season without being sacked or pressured.

he was almost a 20 year old senior in high school. that same year alterraun verner was a 17 year old freshman at UCLA

Jimmy Clausen is the Casey Atwood of football Both: > Were extremely hyped up prior to their respective rookie seasons > Flopped hard as rookies > Were both accused of having attitude issues and not working hard enough in their respective crafts > Never recovered from their awful rookie seasons, and eventually faded away from the league

What happened to Jimmy Clausen? He sucked. The End.

One thing that happened to Jimmy Clausen was that he had John Fox as a Head Coach. Only 3 QBs have winning records with Fox as HC - those are Jake DelHomme, Tim Tebow and Peyton Manning.

He was held back in Middle school TWO times for athletic purpose ONLY. He was born in September 20 of 1987. His first start was September 8th, 2007. All his "Hype" was the fact he was 2 years older than EVERYONE he played in HS. And in College he started as basically a Junior. He had 2 older brothers, the first went through school normally, the second was held back one year for athletic purposes. Both failed at becoming anything other than average high school athletes. So their Insane and Corrupt parents were going make sure their 3rd had every advantage. When at Chaminade middle school and Oaks Christian high school the parents paid for other athletes to go to these schools to surround him with talent. One time after one of these kids decided to quit sports and focus on school, the parent pull funding and shipped him back to public school. Obviously this kid had no chance and it is obvious why he turned out the way he did. But he was NEVER good.

sick video, i love the amount of research that you put into these keep it up bro

Great Video

I saw him at McDonald's the other day

I see there was a guy in his recruiting class with the same "highest grade ever" and I've never heard of him

The dude went 1-13 in the NFL.He's the modern Ryan L

Well done! I'm in a 16-team dynasty football league where the only players you can draft in any given year are rookies. In 2010, I picked him over WRs Golden Tate (his UND teammate) and Demaryius Thomas, and one reason was his year-to-year improvement in such metrics as yards per attempt, completion % (68% in 2009, his final season with the Fighting Irish) and TD:INT ratio. I didn't even know about the age factor you cited at the 6:36 mark. I wonder how his career would have turned out if he had been playing behind an established veteran for a few years, a la Steve Young in San Francisco or Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay.

Same dudes that said he was great are the same dudes that said lamar should be a wide receiver 🤣🤣🤣

Its a long road from High School Phenom to All Star HOF player. Makes guys like Kobe and Lebron seem that much more incredible.

Never saw much of the guy, I'm an NFL fan not a college fan, but after looking at this the age theory seems to be the best, possibly combined with the losing accuracy after the arm injury theory. He was three years older than the other freshmen in college, that's huge.

First, he played on an all star team in high school against inferior competition. Second, he was 20 years old his freshman year at N.D.

As a lifelong notre dame football fan people fail to forget that in his first year at notre dame in 2007 Jimmy Clausen took over a Irish team that lost a good majority of their starters from the prior season like Brady Quinn, Darius walker just to name a few. Clausen played at notre dame when the team was in rebuild mode.

Panther fan. Grateful we had him since it led us to cam newton but I can’t believe Mel kiper made me buy into the clausen hype

Notre Dame’s defense was historically awful in 2009. That’s why Charlie Weis was fired and why the team failed. Clausen was very good that year. But, he had injury, attitude, and leadership issues that lead to him dropping in the draft.

Always thought he was completely overrated.

He was awful but it wasnt the worst season for Carolina, that was 2001 1-15 team with Chris Weinke

he was my ball boy in highschool and i played for his dad, and his borthers HS team won his 1st game as coach this week(cassey)

I remember picking up Kamar Aiken on fantasy for the championship. That catch for sure helped me win

When I think Jimmy Clausen I think of the worst season in ravens history. Yes Jimmy Clausen was our qb for a game maybe 2 IDR I blocked it out long ago.

That entitled attitude: SI and recruiters described me as the best high school player of the decades, so I'm in! No need to push myself.

Remember he showed up to his college signing in a limo to the College hall of fame and said ND would win 4 national championships

I feel like nobody even knew whether Jimmy actually had attitude issues or whether he just looked like he did. His crew cut and permanent scowl made him look like he was an asshole but I feel like his surgery and the fact that he had to play so quickly in the nfl were actually what doomed him. He was never a guy that people other than Mel Kiper Jr thought was an out-of-the-box day 1 starter, that’s I think a big reason why he slipped out of the first round in the draft

Pulled up in his stretch limo to announce N.D or USC.🤣

When he signed with Notre Dame he did so at the College Football Hall of Fame. Before one game? Football gods were not happy!

It’s a whole different level from college to the NFL. Everyone is a 5 star up there.

When i was in high school.....Clauson was a BEAST!! But then he got drafted by the Panthers n his career died.💀

Panthers fan here. Clausen did play horribly his rookie year. That 2010 Panthers team was terrible though. Bad o-line, no depth at receiver, injuries. The coaching was just God awful. The defense was decent that year. I'm not sure how much was Clausen, or just the team overall.

I am sure he is doing just fine.

I remember him wasn’t he a 3rd round pick in the draft before Newton came to town.

He was the third string quarterback for the Panthers I think

Hey Jason, I’m interested in making a sports channel similar to yours. What do you use to research this information and where do you get your clips? Thanks.

My first nfl game was Clausen first start against the Bengals lol it sucked

Unfortunately Mel didn’t retire 😔

Parents that hold their kids back in school to give them an advantage in athletics should have CPS get involved. Skewed priorities in life.

Saying the Irish "weren't that good" his freshman year is an understatement. They were one of the worst teams in the country. They had no Oline, no running game, and no receivers over 6' tall. Ironically, it probably one of Weis's best defenses (but still not good). His sophomore year he was pretty decent, and his numbers were great his junior year, but Charlie Weis never had a defense. My most vivid memory of '09 is when he had his defense stand up and let Toby Gerhardt walk into the endzone in the 4th of a 1-score game so he could get the ball back with enough time to try to score again (they didn't). Things might have turned out better if he had stayed in college for another year, but he and Golden Tate left because Charlie Weis got fired.

I see a future on TV or a sports show for Jimmy.

I told a buddy of mine, who's an Irish alum, that the term "Clausened" should be trademarked as getting sucker punched in a bar.

Saw a couple other bust on the “can’t miss blue chippers” like Seantral Henderson and Willie Williams. He’s in good company.

Classic example of a guy who reached his ceiling in high school. never got any better.

LOL,, yes,,,,, this is great topic because it shows QBs that had the hype for years on before being drafted and we all got to be mindful of QBs of this hype.. Clausen was touted as the greatest High School QB and being recruited as a sophomore in High School by many Colleges including Coach Pete Carrol. Looking back I losted track of the High School Superstar in College because he no longer had the skills and fell from the stardom he had in High School that likely he took for granted...The Golden Boy just like Marinvich but drugs didnt made his failure.lol

Jimmy Clausen!

I was going to blame his downfall on the Bears have no offensive line I guess I can't but I will blame that on Jay Cutler's downfall no offensive line

This shit happens a lot! A lotttt of dudes peak in high school and end of crashing down in college what's new...

they didn't give him a chance in Carolina...didn't want him anyway....that's what REALLY happened to jclaw...SMDH

That throwing form is soooo 2003. Watch any QB Camp 2021. World of difference in how they teach mechanics these days. Especially side arms

He just had the misfortune of being a year ahead of Cam Newton. Carolina should have shown patience.

I still think if he and Tate woulda stayed for there senior years which woulda been Kelly’s first year, we woulda won a Natty Go Irish ☘️

Those who reclass should not be allowed in rankings.

Didnt he have 1 or 2 brothers who played at Tennessee?

I’m a notredame fan

This shows that u might be the man in high school and even college but the pros are totally different.u can be a top QB.RB.DB.WR.LB.DT.and still be a bust in the NFL u have to be great not good.

His arm wasnt golden when he made it to the NFL. I remember he played against the steelers his quarterback rating by the end of the game was 12.3

Jimmy Clausen had his cup of coffee in the NFL ☕️🏈💵💰

Jimmy got skills

Kiper will never admit it, but he didn’t really think Claussen was that good. But when agents pay you to hype a player, you pay the price of looking ridiculous as you are counting out your money. I don’t blame Kiper at all, I’d do the same exact thing every now and then, too. You can’t do it every year, otherwise you’d lose all your credibility. But since it is such an inexact science, you can afford to get a few wrong. Might as well get paid, right?

This is the first and final word on why ALL recruiting rankings are garbage. People who nerd out about college football recruiting rankings are wasting their time.

3:35 2 former Notre Dame players.

Just goes to show you how tough the nfl is.

Kyper is the kiss of death.

So I read his wiki before watching the video...this video is the wiki verbatim with some add libs in. Like when you need to do a report and you just repeat the same thing a few different ways to stretch it out lol

Is he in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure?

He should have stayed at ND and got some time under Kelly.

There have been a lot of "Clausens"; Marinovich, Leaf, Russel. Rosen is the latest, Burrow probably next. The NFL/NCAA just put too much emphasis on tangibles.

He found himself in a pickle. 😂🤣

Told y'all.... Tebow, Morrison, milicic.. it's too easy to call em

What happened to Rick Clausen 😂

Idk for sure, but the theme seems to be that cocky college players don't do well in the NFL. No matter how good they are. They could legitimately be the goat, but if they're cocky, they "just don't pan out". Almost like the other players won't help him be successful on the field. An offensive can quickly do that to qbs.

At ND, he had weapons, but the team had no running game or defense. Every game was a shootout. He just wasn't that good in the NFL and playing on the worst teams in the NFL didn't do him any favors.

He never lived up to the hype in college. And flopped in the NFL. He had Michael Floyd, Golden Tate, and Kyle Rudolph yet still didn’t live up to it.

Funny I played against him in high school my senior year

The talent never matched the hype. Simple as that.

Not that I’m a Clausen fan but how are you going to contradict yourself when saying the Norte Dame teams weren’t good he played on. Then saying later on he had a good amount of talent around him and he didn’t excel at the college level because of lack of talent on the team?

Clausen simply peaked in college. However, he did not have good NFL coaching and certainly not with sweet checks Cam showing up his 2nd year. Clausen could have been coached into a very good 2nd but starting....ehhhh. His attitude OTOH, sucked and that prob helped derail him.

Weird fact but dude is my cousin in law, only reason I still follow Golden tate

What happened to his face? Was he hit by a car? Maybe explore this subject on your next video?

Look at the entire 2010 QB class. Tebow's considered a bust, Claussen got injured, and Colt McCoy never really got a chance, even though he showed potential. You could argue that the 3 got blackballed

Doesn't he work at footlocker?

Clausen's football career went nowhere in the pros but he won in life when the newspaper showed him with his gorgeous wife.

Jimmy, and Tate shoulda stayed, ND woulda been unstoppable with Jimmy tate and Floyd, under Kelly man what could’ve been

The guy was overrated to begin with he really didn't do much at Notre dame so to expect him to be a franchise QB is mind boggling he was kind of boosted up by mel kiper

He got picked up after the horrible play in Carolina? Wow. It's all about who you know after all lol

Stop...just stop. Let's clear the air. Ever since I can remember, tv has OVERHYPED almost every athlete in and coming out of college. It's all about their numbers, not the true athletes abilities and staying power at the next level. 1) Todd Marinovich (and pretty much any west coast QB from the 90s foward, 2) Johnny Manzel, 3) Charlie Ward, 4) Jameis "crabcake" Winston, 5) Alabama QBs overall and 6) Reggie Bush is just the beginning. And of course Clausen. I mean...did Clowney, or has Clowney, even come close to ripping up the NFL as touted? No. What about Brian Bosworth? No. Tony Mandarich? No...even though he might/could be considered as having the most solid 6yr split career between the Packers and Colts. What I would like to see are the analysts true percentages in picking these "once in a lifetime/decade" athletes. Now that would be telling. You can always tell a true fan pushing a narrative vs a thoughtful and educated analyst. Just close your eyes and listen. Clausen, although talented enough to play D1, was built by the media.

The dude still made millions. Not bad for a cocky kid who "peaked" in high school if you asked me.

I would love to see Mel Kiper go away!!!

He decided to live out his life on an emu farm with his new wife and family

Did he need the elbow surgery? Or did someone get in his head and convince him to get it?

He pickled out :)

The Golden Arm laid a rotten egg.

So many NFL GMS commenting tonight lol

This the guy who say no to Cam about the number 2 lol should have sold it to him hahahaha but as a guy who only made it to the juco level I wish I could have made it D1 and the NFL

Who?