Harvey Clayton

{{Short description|American football player (born 1961)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = | caption = | position = Cornerback | number = 33, 21 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|4|4}} | birth_place = Kendall, Florida, U.S. | death_date = | undraftedyear = 1983 | college = Florida State | pastteams = * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1983|1986}}) * New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1987}}) | statlabel1 = Games played - started | statvalue1 = 59 - 26 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 3.0 | statlabel3 = Interceptions | statvalue3 = 5 | pfr = | cfl = | afl = | highlights = | HOF = | CollegeHOF = }}

'''Harvey Jerome Clayton''' (born April 4, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for five seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/footballregister0000unse_h8y2/page/80/mode/2up?q=%22Harvey+Jerome+Clayton%22 |title=Football Register |date=1988 |publisher=Sporting News |isbn=9780892042869 |pages=81}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/giants-1988-media-guide-new-york-c/mode/2up?q=%22Harvey+Jerome+Clayton%22 |title=New York Giants 1988 Media Guide |date=1988 |publisher=New York Giants |pages=54}}</ref> He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, earning first-team All-South Independent honors (1982).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peterson |first=Bill |date=September 18, 1983 |title=Clayton proves the NFL wrong |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-clayton-proves-the-nfl/179941425/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |work=The Miami Herald |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Clayton is the uncle of former NFL safety Antrel Rolle.

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