Morris Claiborne

Morris Claiborne

Claiborne in 2015
No. 24 Dallas Cowboys
Position:	Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1990-02-07) February 7, 1990 (age 26)
Place of birth:	Shreveport, Louisiana
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school:	Shreveport (LA) Fair Park
College:	LSU
NFL Draft:	2012 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Career history
Dallas Cowboys (2012–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
Unanimous All-American (2011) First-team All-SEC (2011) Second-team All-SEC (2010) Jim Thorpe Award (2011) SEC champion (2011) SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2011)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2016
Tackles: 151 Interceptions: 4 Passes deflected: 27 Fumbles forced: 1 Fumbles recovered: 3 Touchdowns: 1 Player stats at NFL.com

Morris Lee Claiborne (born February 7, 1990) is an American football cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisiana State University, where he earned All-American honors. He was selected sixth overall in the 2012 NFL Draft, and was considered by many to be the best defensive prospect available in the draft.

Claiborne was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He attended Fair Park High School in Shreveport, where he played for the Fair Park Indians high school football team. He was a three-star recruit according to Rivals.com. He played quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back. As a senior he had over 2,000 all purpose yards and 30 touchdowns as a quarterback.

Claiborne was also on the school's track & field team, where he competed as a sprinter. He won the 100 meters at the 2009 Louisiana Outdoor State Championships, with a career-best time of 10.76 seconds, and also ran the fourth leg on the 4 × 100 metres relay squad, helping them earn a first-place finish at 42.06 seconds. He also placed second in the 200 meters at the 2009 Region 1-4A Championships, with a personal-best time of 22.21 seconds.

Claiborne attended Louisiana State University, where he played for coach Les Miles's LSU Tigers football team from 2009 to 2011. After spending his freshman season as a backup in 2009, he started 12 games in 2010 and recorded 37 tackles and a team leading five interceptions as a sophomore in 2010, and was named a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection. Following his 2011 junior season, he won the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the year's best defensive back, earned first-team All-SEC honors, and was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American.