29 Facts About Kellen Clemens

Kellen Vincent Clemens was born on June 7,1983 and is a former American football quarterback who spent eleven seasons in the National Football League.

Kellen Clemens was selected by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft.

Kellen Clemens received USA Today All-American honors and Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year while in high school, where he completed 218 of 395 passes for 3,464 yards and 37 touchdowns with 325 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns in his senior season.

Kellen Clemens was coached by Terry Graham using the run and shoot offense.

Kellen Clemens played college football at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Kellen Clemens played for head coach Mike Bellotti while at Oregon.

Kellen Clemens posted three rushing touchdowns, three passing touchdowns and a career-best 437 passing yards in a road victory over Washington State as a junior.

Kellen Clemens finished his Oregon career with 7,555 passing yards, which ranked third in school history at the time before being passed up by Marcus Mariota in the 2014 season.

Kellen Clemens was selected by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft, the 49th overall pick, to serve as the secondary quarterback to Chad Pennington.

Kellen Clemens recorded only two attempts and 0 completions in his rookie season.

Kellen Clemens made his first career start in Week 2 of the 2007 season.

Kellen Clemens finished the 2007 season with 1,529 passing yards, five passing touchdowns, and ten interceptions in 11 games.

In 2008, Kellen Clemens was only on the field in two games to attempt five passes as the backup to Brett Favre.

Kellen Clemens threw for 125 yards with no touchdowns in 2009 and played mostly when Mark Sanchez was injured.

Kellen Clemens was re-signed to a one-year contract for the 2010 season on April 13, but the only action he saw was in the Week 17 game against the Buffalo Bills.

On July 27,2011, Kellen Clemens signed a one-year contract with the Washington Redskins where he competed for a backup role during the 2011 preseason.

Kellen Clemens was signed by the Houston Texans on November 23,2011, after starting quarterback Matt Schaub was placed on injured reserve.

Kellen Clemens started the final two games for the Rams, both losses to the Steelers and rival 49ers.

Kellen Clemens finished the 2011 season with two touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown, and was re-signed by the Rams.

Kellen Clemens completed one pass for 39 yards and had two rushes for five yards.

Kellen Clemens signed a two-year contract with the San Diego Chargers on March 13,2014.

Kellen Clemens threw his first touchdown as a Charger on September 27,2015, a 19-yard pass to Keenan Allen against the Minnesota Vikings.

Kellen Clemens was re-signed to a one-year contract on March 9,2017.

Kellen Clemens grew up herding cattle in eastern Oregon on his family's 3,500-acre ranch in Burns, where they own over 100 head of cattle.

Kellen Clemens is an active and practicing Roman Catholic, and is married with four children with a strong religious devotion to the Holy Family of Nazareth.

Kellen Clemens noted that he wears the Brown Scapular in connection to this religious faith.

Furthermore, Kellen Clemens claimed, "You have to vote for the candidate who is most pro-life," and said he voted for Mitt Romney in 2012.

Kellen Clemens majored in Business Administration at the University of Oregon.

Kellen Clemens expressed a feeling of deep honour when Pope Benedict XVI blessed and kissed their four-week-old baby girl at the final procession of the Papal Mass on April 17,2008, at Nationals Park in Washington DC Kellen Clemens, in appreciation for the blessing, gave Pope Benedict his autograph by signing his mitre.