Clay Evans (One Tree Hill)

Clay Evans
Robert Buckley as Clay Evans
One Tree Hill character
Portrayed by	Robert Buckley
First appearance	"4:30 AM (Apparently They Were Traveling Abroad)" (episode 7.01)
Last appearance	"One Tree Hill" (episode 9.13)
Created by	Mark Schwahn
Profile
Occupation	Sports agent (for Fortitude)
Residence	Tree Hill, North Carolina
Family Mr. Evans (father; deceased) Mrs. Evans (mother) James Lucas "Jamie" Scott (nephew, via Nathan and Haley) Lydia Bob Scott (goddaughter / niece, via Nathan and Haley) Spouse Sara Evans (wife; 1 child; deceased) Quinn James (wife) Children Logan Evans (son, with Sara; adopted by Quinn) Other relatives Sam (father-in-law, via Sara) Lil (mother-in-law, via Sara) James "Jimmy" James (father-in-law, via Quinn; deceased) Lydia James (mother-in-law, via Quinn; deceased) Vivian James (sister-in-law, via Quinn) Three unnamed brothers in law Taylor James (sister-in-law, via Quinn) Haley James Scott (sister-in-law, via Quinn) Nathan Scott (brother-in-law, via Haley)

Clayton "Clay" Evans is a fictional character from the CW television series One Tree Hill, portrayed by Robert Buckley. Introduced in the seventh season as Nathan Scott's sports agent, he and his primary love interest, Quinn James, were brought in after the departures of Lucas Scott and Peyton Sawyer in the previous season. During the series' progression, Clay struggles between focusing on Nathan's career and his own personal issues in coming to terms with his wife's untimely death and the unexpected repercussions it would hold.

Clay first met his future wife Sara during his time at college when, trying to experience all of college life, they both followed their classmates into a jump from a bridge. Both increasingly scared, they decided to jump together and after they hit the water, they shared a kiss. Their whirlwind romance developed from there and they eventually moved in together. When Clay started having doubts about him getting a job as an agent, Sara asked Clay to marry her and he said yes. Later Sara gave birth to a son, Logan. While at home with Clay one day listening to her favorite song, Sara went to get a glass of grape-flavored Kool-Aid but collapsed and died suddenly from an aneurysm. Her death severely affected Clay who took his wedding ring from his finger, placed it on hers, and promised never to love again and he blocked out Logan unintentionally, as he reminded Clay too much of Sara.

At the beginning of season 7 there was a time jump, a little over a year had passed since the end of season 6. Clay became Nathan's agent and close friend during this time jump. He's also close to Nathan's family, his wife Haley James Scott and their son James Lucas Scott. At first Clay is shown as a flirt and fond of one-night stands. Upon meeting Quinn James, Haley's sister, he's immediately drawn to her but backs off once he learns that she's going through a separation with her husband. Clay is a loyal friend and helps the Scotts through the Renee scandal but is fired once he fails to resign Nathan with the Bobcats. Quinn helps him get his job back and make peace with the loss of his wife so he can move on and the two fall in love. Clay meets Katie Ryan, a tennis player without an agent. However she bears a resemblance to his wife, Sara. Katie begins to stalk Clay and even dyes her hair blonde just to mess with Clay's head. In the season finale, when Quinn was entering her bedroom, Katie lurked out from the shadows and shot her, Clay hearing the gunshot, comes in and realizes it is Katie and she shoots him down and leaves.