John Travis Clayton, a National Football League writer and correspondent for ESPN, died on March 5, 2022.

According to his relatives, John Clayton died in Washington after a brief illness.

He attended Duquesne University and worked as a senior for the Pittsburgh Press.

Clayton spent over a decade at the Tacoma News Tribune before joining ESPN for more than two decades.

Clayton has also written for a variety of publications, including the Washington Post, and has spent five seasons as a sideline reporter for the Seahawks radio network.

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The well-known ESPN senior writer’s funeral is yet to be held hence viral information about the memorial will be b published as soon as it is public.

Clayton’s effect and commitment to the game of football would be missed, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, of which he was a member of the selection committee.