Maurice Clarett
Maurice Edward Clarett is a former American football running back who played for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. Clarett was dismissed from Ohio State after his freshman season in 2002. He unsuccessfully challenged the NFL’s draft eligibility rules requiring a player to be three years removed from high school and for his tumultuous life outside of football, including several arrests, and imprisonment. Since his release, Clarett has become a celebrated public speaker across the country.
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Maurice Edward Clarett is a former American football running back who played for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. He also played professionally for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League. Clarett was dismissed from Ohio State after his freshman season in 2002. He unsuccessfully challenged the NFL’s draft eligibility rules requiring a player to be three years removed from high school and for his tumultuous life outside of football, including several arrests, and imprisonment. Since his release, Clarett has become a celebrated public speaker across the country by speaking candidly about his previous struggles and successful recovery. He founded a successful behavioral health agency in both Youngstown and Columbus, and co-hosts Business and Biceps, a top-rated business podcast. In February 2005, he participated in the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. During a press conference, he uttered the phrase: “It’s a humbling thing being humble” Clarett’s petition was later refused by the Supreme Court by Sonia Sotomayor, and he was later sentenced to two years of probation. He was later released after serving his sentence. He is now a motivational speaker and motivational speaker for the Youngstown State Penguins, a high school football team he played for in the 1980s and 1990s, and the University of Ohio at Columbus, where he played from 1999 to 2003. He currently lives in Columbus with his wife and two children. He has a son, a daughter, and a son-in-law. He had a son and a daughter with former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who had previously been coach of Clarett’s hometown Youngstown University Penguins.
He won the USA Today Offensive High School Player of the Year and Parade All-American distinctions. He started at Ohio State for one season, rushing for 1,237 yards and scoring 18 touchdowns, which helped the Buckeyes to a 14–0 record and the 2002 BCS National Championship. He scored the winning touchdown against Miami with a five-yard run in the second overtime in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl. He made a key defensive play in that game, stealing the ball on the Miami 28 from Hurricanes safety Sean Taylor, who was returning an interception from the end zone of a pass thrown by Craig Krenzel. In July 2003, he became the center of an academic scandal when a teaching assistant told the New York Times that Clarett had received preferential treatment from professors, claiming he had not attended any classes during his only year at OSU. He moved to Los Angeles after his dismissal from OSU, and, while living there, sued to be included in the 2004 NFL Draft. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision. He worked with trainers in preparation for the 2005 NFL Combine, hoping to impress for the upcoming draft. It was also in Los Angeles that Claretto’s problems with drugs began. He suffered from depression and alcoholism since as early as 2002. The NCAA refused to reinstate Clarett or USC wide receiver Mike Williams, who were both signed before being denied the opportunity to join the Draft, because they both signed with the NFL.
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