24 Facts About Clayton Geathers

Clayton Geathers was born on June 1,1992 and is an American former professional football safety.

Clayton Geathers played college football at UCF, and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL draft.

Clayton Geathers was selected to the all-state team twice as a defensive back in 2009 and as a running back in 2008.

Clayton Geathers was selected to the All-American Athletic Conference Second-team, Sporting News All-AAC Team and Phil Steele's Postseason All-AAC Second-team in his junior season.

Clayton Geathers finished third in tackles in University of Central Florida football history with 383 tackles.

Clayton Geathers started in 52 games out of a total of 53 games he played in college.

On December 15,2014, it was announced that Clayton Geathers had accepted his invitation to play in the 2015 Senior Bowl.

On January 24,2015, Clayton Geathers attended the Senior Bowl and played for Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley's South team.

Clayton Geathers attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana and performed all of the combine drills.

Clayton Geathers finished second among his position group in the bench press, eighth in the broad jump, and 12th in the short and long shuttle.

On March 25,2015, Clayton Geathers attended UCF's pro day, but opted to stand on his combine numbers and only run positional drills.

Clayton Geathers was ranked as the fifth best strong safety prospect in the draft by DraftScout.

Clayton Geathers was inactive for the Colts' Week 7 loss to the New Orleans Saints due to a knee injury.

On November 22,2015, Clayton Geathers earned his first career start after Mike Adams was unable to play due to a hamstring injury.

Clayton Geathers finished his rookie season in 2015 with 34 combined tackles and a pass deflection in 15 games and two starts.

Clayton Geathers entered training camp slated as the starting free safety.

Pagano named Clayton Geathers the starting free safety to start the regular season, alongside strong safety Mike Adams.

Clayton Geathers forced a key fumble by Chargers' tight end Hunter Henry, which was recovered by Colts' teammate Mike Adams, in the fourth quarter.

Clayton Geathers exited in the fourth quarter of the game after sustaining a concussion and neck injury while tackling Titans' running back Demarco Murray during a crucial fourth and one-yard attempt with less than three minutes remaining.

On December 12,2016, the Colts officially placed Clayton Geathers on injured reserve due to his neck injury.

Clayton Geathers finished the season with 59 combined tackles and five pass deflections in nine games and nine starts.

Clayton Geathers was inactive for the Colts' Week 16 loss at the Ravens for personal reasons.

Clayton Geathers was limited to five games and one start in 2017 and finished the season with eight combined tackles.

Clayton Geathers was named the Colts starting strong safety to begin the season.