Sean Burke Clifford was born on July 14, 1998, and is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State. He was the starting quarterback and team captain for the Nittany Lions from 2019 through 2022.
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Clifford graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati in 2017. During his career, he passed for 4,004 yards and 30 touchdowns with a school record of 1,100 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns as a quarterback. He committed to Penn State University to play college football
After redshirting his first year at Penn State in 2017, Clifford spent 2018 as Trace McSorley’s backup. He appeared in four games, completing five of seven passes for 195 yards with two touchdowns.
Clifford was named the starting quarterback in 2019. He was selected All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches and media and named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
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Clifford played in all nine games of a shortened season during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was 152-for-251 (60.6%) for 1,883 yards with 16 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Clifford again was named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree and earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations following the 2020 fall semester.
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Clifford started all 13 games of the 2021 season and finished 261-for-429 passing with 3,107 yards, 21 touchdowns, and nine interceptions. He was honored in the 2021 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, selected to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, earned a spot on the Senior CLASS Award first team, named All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches and media, named Penn State’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree, earned Academic All-Big Ten honors, and earned the team’s Public Service and Lion’s Pride Outstanding Senior Player Awards.
Clifford started all 13 games of the 2022 season and finished 226-for-351 passing with 2,822 yards, 24 touchdowns, and seven interceptions.
He was also honored as the 2022 Brian Westbrook Regional Player of the Year.
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