Celebrated Name: | Clay Travis |
Real Name/Full Name: | Richard Clay Travis |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 45 years old |
Birth Date: | 6 April 1979 |
Birth Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
Nationality: | American |
Height: | 1.83 m |
Weight: | 78 kg |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Married |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | Lara Travis (m. 2004) |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (3 children) |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
Is Clay Travis Gay?: | No |
Profession: | Sports journalist, writer, television analyst |
Salary: | N/A |
Net Worth in 2024: | $6 million |
Last Updated: | December 2024 |
Clay Travis is a well-known sports journalist, writer, television analyst from America who hosts the morning radio show on Fox Sports Radio. He also appears on the FS1’s daily sports gambling show Lock It In.
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Early Life & Biography
Richard Clay Travis was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 6, 1979. He completed his schooling from the Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School in the year 1997.
Later, Travis attended George Washington University, where he majored in history in the year 2001. While he was in college, he was the student basketball manager.
Travis also attended the Vanderbilt University Law School and graduated in 2004.
Personal Life
Clay Travis is married to Lara, who is the former Tennessee Titans cheerleader. Together, they are the parents of three beautiful children. He is able to keep his life away from the limelight and is happily living with his family in Tennessee, USA.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 6 April 1979, Clay Travis is 45 years old as of today’s date 23rd December 2024. His height is 1.83 m tall, and his weight is 78 kg.
Career
Clay Travis started his career as a lawyer in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2004. At the same time, he got media attention with his personal blog. He is an ardent Tennessee Titans fan but was not able to get the satellite package to watch the game in his hometown, so he went on a “pudding strike,” eating just pudding for more than fifty days. His effort was not successful in forcing DirecTV to sell packages in his city. However, he blogged about his experience, which got several media attention.
In 2005, he was hired by CBS Sports to write online, but he was not paid for the first year. The following year he gave up his law practice and started working full-time for CBS. He visited more than 12 football stadiums and wrote about the experience in the book “Dixieland Delight.”
Later, Travis left CBS and joined the sports blog Deadspin, and also the sports website FanHouse as a national columnist. In 2011, he founded the site Outkickthecoverage.com which became one the largest and most visited college football websites on the internet.
In 2008, he collaborated with D1 Sports to prepare the NFL Draft and later wrote about the experience on a blog entitled Rough Draft. Travis was also the co-host of the radio talk show, 3HL, which aired on 104.5 The Zone. He was also the host of a national sports radio show on NBC Sports.
In 2014, Travis was hired by Fox Sports for its weekly college football Saturday pregame show. He hosts the daily television show on Periscope and Facebook.
As an undergrad, while he was still at George Washington University, Travis worked for the U.S. Representative Bob Clement as an intern for four years. In 2001, he was hired to work for Al Gore’s presidential campaign.
Awards & Achievements
Clay Travis was named the “Best Sports Radio Host We Love To Hate” by the Nashville Scene publication in the year 2010. He has hosted multiple television and radio shows, which was highly appreciated by both the audience and critics.
Net Worth & Salary of Clay Travis in 2024
As of December 2024, Clay Travis has an estimated net worth of more than $6 million. He has made this huge wealth through his successful career as a sports journalist, writer, television analyst.
He has appeared on multiple television and talk shows and has also written several best selling books. Some of the books written by him include Dixieland Delight: A Football Season on the Road in the Southeastern Conference, Man: The Book. Citadel, On Rocky Top: A Front-Row Seat to the End of an Era, and Republicans Buy Sneakers Too: How the Left Is Ruining Sports with Politics.
Travis is also a renowned host and has hosted several award ceremonies, events, and concerts, which also helps in increasing his net worth significantly.
Clay Travis is one of the most popular television personalities in the United States. He has been able to make a name for himself through his hard work and determination. He is also very active on social media platforms, including Twitter, where he has more than 650k followers.