Jimmy Clausen life and biography

James Richard "Jimmy" Clausen is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Panthers in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame.

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Selected by Carolina in the second round (48th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft (4/23/10).

COLLEGE

Played in 35 games with 34 starts at Notre Dame...Entered NFL following junior season...Completed 695-of-1,110 passes for 8,148 yards and 60 touchdowns with 27 interceptions...Finished career ranked first or second in 32 passing categories, including first with a 62.61 completion percentage, tied for first with a 2.43 interception percentage and second in passing yards and touchdown passes...Produced 10 career 300-yard passing performances...Scored five rushing touchdowns...2009 (Jr.): Started all 12 games despite playing most of the year with a right turf toe injury...Completed 289-of-425 passes for 3,722 yards and 28 touchdowns with four interceptions to generate a 161.42 passing efficiency rating that ranked third in the nation...Passing yards and touchdowns stand as the third-highest single-season totals in Fighting Irish history...68.0 completion percentage rated fifth in the nation...146 completions gained at least 10 yards, including 46 of 20 yards or more, and 178 resulted in first downs...Had streak of 160 pass attempts without an interception on way to compiling a 0.94 interception percentage, the second lowest in school history...2008 (So.): Started all 13 games...Completed 268-of-440 passes for 3,172 yards and 25 touchdowns with 17 interceptions to post a 132.49 passing efficiency rating...Became only the second player in school history to amass more than 3,000 passing yards in a season...Threw 132 consecutive passes without an interception...Connected on 22-of-26 passes for 401 yards and five touchdowns with no interceptions against Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl...Set Notre Dame bowl records for passing yards, passing touchdowns and completion percentage...84.6 completion percentage is the second-best mark by a quarterback in a bowl game in college football history...2007 (Fr.): Started nine of 10 games played as a true freshman...Marked just the eighth time a freshman started at quarterback for the Fighting Irish since 1951...Took over starting duties at Penn State in the second game of the season, the earliest any freshman had started at the position in school history...Completed 138-of-245 passes for 1,254 yards and seven touchdowns with six interceptions.

PERSONAL
Attended Oaks Christian HS in Westlake Village, Calif....Majored in sociology at Notre Dame.

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