{{Short description|American professional esports player}} {{About|the ''Call of Duty'' player|the Louisiana lawyer and politician|James R. Eubank}} {{Infobox Pro Gaming player | ID = Clayster | name = James Clayton Eubanks | name_trans = | image = Clayster on The Codcast.jpg | caption = Eubanks in 2020 | nickname = Clay | birth_date = May 7, 1992 | birth_place = | nationality = American | team = Riyadh Falcons | league = Call of Duty League | role = Head coach | game = ''Call of Duty'' | career_start = 2010? | coach_start = 2024 | career_end = 2024 | years1 = 2015–2017 | team1 = FaZe Clan | years2 = 2017–2019 | team2 = eUnited | years3 = 2019–2020 | team3 = Dallas Empire | years4 = 2021–2022 | team4 = New York Subliners | years5 = 2022–2023 | team5 = Las Vegas Legion | years6 = 2023–2024 | team6 = Carolina Royal Ravens | cyears1 = 2024–2025 | cteam1 = Vegas Falcons (assistant) | cyears2 = 2025–present | cteam2 = Vegas / Riyadh Falcons | highlights = ;As player *3× CWL/CDL champion (2015, 2019, 2020) *CWL Championship MVP (2015) *CWL Pro League champion (2019) }}
'''James Clayton Eubanks''', better known as '''Clayster''' or '''Clay''', is an American professional ''Call of Duty'' coach and former player who is the head coach for the Riyadh Falcons of the Call of Duty League (CDL). Eubanks is a three-time Call of Duty World Champion.
== Early life == Eubanks is from Winchester, Virginia, and attended West Virginia University.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tsukayama |first=Hayley |date=May 1, 2015 |title=Five ways professional gaming is like any other sport |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/05/01/five-ways-professional-gaming-is-like-any-other-sport/}}</ref> He is the son of former musician Jerry Eubanks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=This is my dad 🤣 |url=https://twitter.com/Clayster/status/1635539627036626944?s=20 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Eubanks was the Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games 2014 gold medalist, playing with OpTic Gaming, and MVP of the Call of Duty Championship 2015, playing with Denial eSports. Eubanks went 1,400 days without a major win, until he and the {{proper name|eUnited}} squad won the finals of the 2019 CWL Pro League to clinch the 2019 league championship and end the drought.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/13712-Call-of-Duty-Championships-Names-Clayster-First-ever-MVP|title="Clayster" of Denial eSports Named MVP of COD Championships|first=James|last=Heaney|date=31 March 2015|website=Escapist Magazine|access-date=3 February 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120923/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/13712-Call-of-Duty-Championships-Names-Clayster-First-ever-MVP|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He has played for RoughNeX, Thrust Nation, UNiTE Gaming, compLexity Gaming, Team Kaliber, OpTic Gaming, Team EnVyUs, Denial eSports, FaZe Clan, {{proper name|eUnited}}, Dallas Empire, New York Subliners, Las Vegas Legion, and Carolina Royal Ravens.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://esports-nation.com/clayster-one-of-a-kind/ |title=Clayster: One of a Kind | eSportsNation |access-date=2016-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019012311/http://esports-nation.com/clayster-one-of-a-kind/ |archive-date=2015-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On October 23, 2024, Eubanks announced his retirement from professional Call of Duty.
On November 14, 2024, Eubanks joined the Vegas Falcons as a coach. On March 17, 2025, Eubanks was promoted to head coach after LewTee's firing.
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{{S-start}} {{Succession box | title = ''Call of Duty'' Championship winner | years = 2015 | with = Denial eSports:<br> Chris "Replays" Crowder<br> Dylan "Attach" Price <br> Jordan "JKap" Kaplan | before = compLexity Gaming | after = Team EnVyUs }} {{S-end}}
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