Westview's Clifton makes Packers HoF

GREEN BAY, Wisc. – Former Westview and University of Tennessee offensive lineman Chad Clifton was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Clifton played for the Packers from 2000-2011 and was a part of a three-member induction class with All-Pro safety Nick Collins and longtime Packers broadcaster Russ Winnie.

Clifton played for Westview in the mid-1990s and went to Tennessee after that in the late 90s, playing for the 1998 national championship team.

He was a part of a Super Bowl championship team in 2010 with the Packers.

“I was very fortunate over my 12 years to play with some really good offensive linemen,” Clifton said in an interview with the Packers coverage site Packers.com. “And have kind of a different group throughout my 12 years, too. Without a doubt, my first four, five years with those guys kind of set the foundation for my success.”

Longtime Westview head coach Don Coady and Crockett County head coach Kevin Ward, who was an assistant coach for the Chargers when Clifton played there, made the trip to Green Bay for the induction ceremony. Former Vols coach Phillip Fulmer was there as well.

Clifton’s tenure with the Packers overlapped with a couple of quality quarterbacks to block for – Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers.