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At Southern Cal, Clay Matthews first got a lot of attention because of his bloodlines associated with the storied Trojans program. Eventually, he earned some of the highest collegiate accolades and was a first-round draft choice.
As a rookie with the Green Bay Packers in 2009, Matthews made an instant impact on a highly rated defense, and followed it up with a season that may very well garner the hell-raising outside linebacker the 2010 Defensive Player of Year honors.
And then there's the marketing opportunities with those flowing golden locks.
"I need to talk to Troy (Polamalu)," Matthews said. "I need to get on that 'Head & Shoulders' campaign."
Win Sunday and Matthews can probably eliminate the middle man. Not that television fame is what he seeks.
Matthews, 24, had zero Division-I scholarship offers coming out of high school, so he went to USC (same as his father. Clay, and Pro Football Hall of Fame uncle, Bruce) and willed himself from walk-on to college standout. He was the fourth linebacker taken in the '09 draft -- the second from USC that year, in fact (Brian Cushing was the other) -- but only two players in the NFL (DeMarcus Ware and Jared Allen) have more sacks than Matthews' 23 1/2 the last two seasons, both of which were rewarded with trips to the Pro Bowl.
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