Former NFL linebacker Clayton Weishuhn died in a motor vehicle accident April 22 near his hometown of Wall, Texas, .Weishuhn was 62.The native of San Jackie Robinson Jersey Angelo, Texas was a member of the New England Patriots from 1982-1986. Weishuhn was a three-time first team All-Lone Star Conference selection during his career at Angelo State University. He was a member of the 1978 ASU football team that won the NAIA national championship while going 14-0 the programs only undefeated Lance Parrish Jersey season. He ended his playing career as the Rams all-time leading tackler with 523 stops. After earning second team All-American honors as a junior, Weishuhn was a consensus first team All-American pick after his senior season in 1981 after setting the school record with 173 tackles. He was named first team All-LSC after each of his three final seasons (1979-81) and was a two-time selection for the J.V. Sikes Award (1980-81) given to the outstanding lineman in the Lone Star Conference.Weishuhns former head coach at ASU, the late Jim He s once said of Weishuhn: I just knew he was the best I ever coached.Scroll to ContinueHis impre sive collegiate career made him a third-round selection Jordan Zimmermann Jersey (60th overall) by the Patriots in the 1982 NFL Draft. In his second season as a (1983), he set the Patriots' single-season franchise record of 229 tackles, which still stands today.In the first week of the 1984 season, he suffered a severe knee injury which rendered him unable to play for the rest of the Shane Greene Jersey 1984 season and all of the 1985 season, including first Super Bowl appearance against the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX. Weishuhn returned for the 1986 season. However, after only four games, he suffered both a hamstring and groin injury, again causing him to mi s the remainder of the team's games. The Patriots traded Weishuhn to the Green Bay Packers in 1987. He played seven games in Green Bay before ending his career at the age of 27.In six career seasons, Weishuhn Tyson Ross Jersey appeared in 39 games with 26 starts, earning four sacks, four fumble recoveries and one touchdown.