Shannon Clavelle

{{Short description|American football player (born 1973)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Shannon Clavelle

| image =

| number = 91

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|10|12}}

| birth_place = Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 287

| high_school = O. Perry Walker
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

| college = Colorado

| draftyear = 1995

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 185

| teams =

• Buffalo Bills (1995)*
• Green Bay Packers (1995–1997)
• Kansas City Chiefs (1997)

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXXI)
• 2× First-team All-Big Eight (1993, 1994)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 16

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 0.5

| pfr = ClavSh20

}}

Shannon Lynn Clavelle (born October 12, 1973) is an American former professional football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs.{{Cite web | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ClavSh20.htm | title = Shannon Clavelle Stats | publisher = Sports Reference LLC | access-date = February 7, 2019 }} He played college football at the University of Colorado under head coach Bill McCartney.{{Cite web | url = https://cubuffs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7041 | title = 1994 Roster: Shannon Clavelle | publisher = University of Colorado Athletics | year = 2019 | access-date = February 7, 2019 }} Clavelle fathered a son, Derek McCartney, with McCartney's daughter, Kristy.{{Cite web|last=Hoffer|first=Richard|title=Putting His House in Order|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1995/01/16/putting-his-house-in-order-bill-mccartney-quit-as-colorados-coach-for-a-greater-quest-healing-his-family|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Sports Illustrated Vault {{!}} SI.com|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|date=2007-07-28|title=The McCartney connection|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2007/07/28/the-mccartney-connection/|access-date=2021-01-15|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=OTL: Full Circle|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=090925/aunese|access-date=2021-01-15|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Calhoun|first=Patricia|date=1995-01-18|title=IS NOTHING SACRED?|url=https://www.westword.com/news/is-nothing-sacred-5054746|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Westword}}{{Cite web|last=Weinreb|first=Michael|date=2014-12-17|title=Promise Keeper|url=https://grantland.com/features/bill-mccartney-colorado-buffaloes-20-years-after-resigning/|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Grantland|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Grandfather's tales lead DL Derek McCartney to CU|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/09/12/grandfathers-tales-lead-dl-derek-mccartney-to-cu/15497949/|access-date=2021-01-15|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}

Clavelle was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round (185th overall) of the 1995 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1995 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1995/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He debuted in the NFL though with the Green Bay Packers in 1995. He played on the Packers Super Bowl XXXI Championship team of 1996 that beat the New England Patriots. In 1997, he played six games with the Packers and finished his career that year playing in one game with the Kansas City Chiefs.{{Cite web | url = https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerc/clav00200.html | title = Shannon Clavelle | publisher = The Pro Football Archives | year = 2019 | access-date = February 7, 2019 }}