FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- In his fourth year as a finalist for the New England Patriots Hall of Fame, cornerback Raymond Clayborn braced himself for disappointment. Instead, he received the unexpected news that he had been voted in by fans as the 2017 inductee.
“I keep reverting back to the Super Bowls and previous years when I was a candidate; it always had gone to one of those guys. I thought the same thing was going to happen again,” Clayborn said Monday upon the official announcement. “I was totally surprised and very happy.”
Clayborn’s initial reaction was captured by the Patriots’ official website, which had cameras on hand at Clayborn’s home when owner Robert Kraft called with the news.