page_title: Morris Claiborne
section_title: 2015
hierarchical_section_title: Morris Claiborne / Professional career / Dallas Cowboys / 2015
caption_attribution_description: English: Dallas Cowboys cornerback, Morris Claiborne, playing against the Washington Redskins on December 7, 2015.
context_page_description: Morris Lee Claiborne is an American football cornerback for who is a free agent. He played college football at Louisiana State University, where he won the Jim Thorpe Award as the best defensive back in the country and was unanimously recognized as an All-American. He was selected by the Dallas Cowboys sixth overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
context_section_description: Claiborne rehabbed his potential career-threatening injury and progressed better than expected, regaining his previous form and being able to avoid missing time in training camp. Throughout training camp, Claiborne competed to be a starting cornerback against Brandon Carr, Orlando Scandrick, and Byron Jones. Head coach Jason Garrett named Claiborne and Brandon Carr the starting cornerbacks to begin the regular season after Orlando Scandrick tore his ACL and MCL during the preseason.
  In Week 3, he collected a season-high five solo tackles and broke up a pass during a 39–28 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Claiborne was inactive for two games (Weeks 11–12) due to a hamstring and ankle injury. He re-injured his hamstring and was sidelined for the last three games (Weeks 15–17) of the regular season. Claiborne finished the 2015 NFL season with 37 combined tackles (30 solo) and seven pass deflections in 11 games and 11 starts.
caption: Claiborne with the Dallas Cowboys in 2015
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