{{Short description|American football player (born 1982)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox NFL biography |name=Jonathan Clinkscale |image=<!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> |image_size= |alt= Free Agent |caption= Free Agent |number=62 |position=Right guard |birth_date={{Birth year and age|1982}} |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |height_ft = 6 |height_in = 2 |weight_lbs = 315 |high_school = John Muir High School |college=Wisconsin |undraftedyear=2005 |pastteams= * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2005}})* * Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|2005}})* * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2005|2006}})* * Rhein Fire (2007) * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2007}})* * Orlando Predators ({{AFL Year|2008}}) }}
'''Jonathan Clinkscale''' (born 1982) is an American former football right guard.<ref>{{cite web |title=OG Jonathan Clinkscale: Signs with Tampa Bay |url=https://247sports.com/college/wisconsin/Article/OG-Jonathan-Clinkscale-Signs-with-Tampa-Bay-104193003/ |publisher=247Sports |access-date=February 7, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208045125/https://247sports.com/college/wisconsin/Article/OG-Jonathan-Clinkscale-Signs-with-Tampa-Bay-104193003/ |archive-date=February 8, 2021 }}</ref> He played college football at University of Wisconsin. He went undrafted and played professionally for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL).
==Early years== Clinksale's parents divorced when he was young.<ref name="LAWeekly-CoverStory-2013">{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Patrick Range |date=18 July 2013 |title=Can Aja Brown, Compton's Hip, Refreshing Reform Mayor, Turn This Woeful City Around? |work=LA Weekly |url=https://www.laweekly.com/can-aja-brown-comptons-hip-refreshing-reform-mayor-turn-this-woeful-city-around/ |access-date=August 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827020427/https://www.laweekly.com/news/can-aja-brown-comptons-hip-refreshing-reform-mayor-turn-this-woeful-city-around-2614492|archive-date=2015-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref> He has a fraternal twin sister, Aja Brown, who was mayor of Compton, California from 2013 to 2021.
==Professional career==
===Tampa Bay Buccaneers=== Clinkscale was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after going undrafted in the 2005 NFL draft.
===Cincinnati Bengals===
===Rhein Fire=== Clinkscale signed with Rhein Fire of the National Football League Europa in 2007.
===Orlando Predators=== Clinkscale signed with the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League in 2008.
==Personal life== Clinkscale currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin and works for the Madison Fire Department.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cityofmadison.com/fire/blog/meet-firefighter-jonathan-clinkscale|title=Meet Firefighter Jonathan Clinkscale|publisher=cityofmadison.com|date=March 21, 2018|access-date=August 4, 2022}}</ref>
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