Maurice Edward Clarett is a former American football running back who played for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. He also played professionally for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.

He is well known for unsuccessfully challenging the NFL’s draft eligibility rules requiring a player to be three years removed from high school and for his tumultuous life outside of football, including his dismissal from Ohio State, several arrests, and imprisonment.

Later, Clarett founded a behavioural health agency in Youngstown, Ohio. In recent years, Clarett has become an entrepreneur and was appointed to the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce Board in February 2022.

Maurice Clarett Parents: Meet Myke Clarett Sr., Michelle Renee Clarett

The former NFL player was born Maurice Edward Clarett on October 29, 1983, in Youngstown, Ohio. Maurice Clarett’s dad, Myke Clarett Sr., left home when he was a toddler. He wasn’t part of his son’s childhood but now seems to have reconnected with him. For instance, Maurice’s father, Myke, issued a public statement where he admitted he would support him during his court trial.

Maurice Clarett’s mother, Michelle Renee Clarett, raised him all by herself. She has always been by his side regardless of his arrests, prison trips, or legal issues. Clarett also has two elder brothers by his parents named Marcus A. Clarett and Michael Graham Clarett Jr. He always looked up to his older siblings. But once, the athlete’s brother got into a fight with a group of guys who retaliated by shooting at his family’s house.

The footballer was sent to a juvenile center for robbery at eleven. He was again arrested after breaking into another people’s house a few years later. Thankfully, he was released on house arrest, and he embarked on a journey of changing his life around.