Clay Travis, an American journalist, television analyst, and writer. Clay Travis is basically a sports journalist of America.
Clay Travis worked at Fox Sports 1 as an analyst in the college pre-game football shows. He was a lawyer and used to work as a lawyer and write blogs before he moved to the media world. Clay Travis’s blog became very famous which help him get offers from the sports media industry which ended up being a game changer for him.
Clay Travis worked for a lot of companies before he moved to Fox Sports. His deal with Fox Sports was very secretive, and nothing was revealed because of that made him emerge into the big leagues. Clay Travis now hosts shows before the college football game begins weekly.
Early Life
Clay Travis is a lawyer by education and used to work as a lawyer in Tennessee at United States Virgin Islands. He was a regular blogger and attracted a lot of media attention.
His blogging about the strike about NFL games and Direct TV got a lot of attention by the media.
His experience about the strike in his blog grabbed a lot of eyeballs. Clay Travis was offered a job by CBS Sports for the online writing of their blog. After Clay Travis resigned from CBS, he became an editor at Deadspin.
Career Development
Clay Travis had made a lot of career switches. He was working as a lawyer and also wrote blogs .When his blog got popular and grabbed a lot of attention, he started working at CBS.
After CBS Clay Travis started working for Deadspin and then he founded outkickthecoverage.com which became the most visited college football website. Clay Travis worked at D1 sports training along with NFL.
He also wrote a book named Rough Draft on all his experiences. Clay Travis then moved to Fox Sports where he hosted the pre-game shows weekly.
Personal Life
Clay Travis is married to Lara Travis.
Biography
Full name: Richard Clay Travis
Nickname: Clay
Birth-sign: Unknown
Birth Place: Nashville Tennessee, United States
Residence: Nashville Tennessee, United States
Age: 38 years
Occupation: Television Personality, Sports Journalist, Writer, Host
Education: Law
Personal Life and Family
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: White
Religion: Unknown
Father’s name: Unknown
Mother’s name: Unknown
Marital status: Married
Wife: Lara Travis
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Children: Unknown
Hobbies: Unknown
Pet own: Unknown
Personal Look and Measurements
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Body: Lean
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye color: Unknown
Shoe Size: Unknown
Measurements: Unknown
Net Worth and Salary
When Clay Travis was signed by Fox Sports the money involved was not announced by both the parties. People have speculated it to be a multimillion-dollar deal.
Right now the estimated net worth of Clay Travis is around $3 million.
Quick Summary
Clay Travis was not a journalist from his early life. He used to work as a lawyer and write a blog. He was always interested in writing blogs and therefore kept on writing. Soon his blog started coming to the limelight, and he started to be known. After he got famous for his blog, he was offered a job by CBS, and he used to write for CBS online.
He left CBS to get into Deadspin where he worked as a writer and an editor. He moved a few jobs here and there before landing up in the big leagues with Fox Sports.
Travis is known for his pre-game football talks about the players and the match. Clay Travis is very influential in the college football sports region. Clay Travis or Fox Sports did not reveal the amount paid to make the transaction between the parties.