Mark Clayton: Being a late bloomer, the Ravens way, being CEO of Livv Audio

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4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of NFL Players: Second Acts, hosts Roman Harper and Peanut Tillman sit down with former receiver turned headphones entrepreneur Mark Clayton. Mark reflects on his journey from not taking football seriously, to becoming a first-round pick out of Oklahoma. He also shares the football and life lessons he got as an NFL rookie from Ravens legends Ed Reed and Ray Lewis. Mark’s biggest move may have come after football. He describes how he found his new passion as the founder of Livv Headphones, a premium audio company. Clayton shares the lessons he carried from the locker room to the boardroom—building a brand with the same dedication and vision that powered his NFL journey. It’s a story of reinvention, resilience, and what it really takes to thrive after the final snap.

The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.

You can learn more about Mark's products at Livv Audio here: https://livvaudio.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22418970153&gbraid=0AAAAA-FN0Scb1SalMrZorV3qHSbPg5V8b&gclid=CjwKCAjw7fzDBhA7EiwAOqJkh9GMecBbumldAA748PpBkNasZvrWpxJm9pRmBVhxyw9hEE1jO7dUiRoCLd0QAvD_BwE

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:10.6	What's up, everybody?
0:11.8	I'm Peanut Toolman, and this is the NFL Players' Second Act podcast.
0:16.1	And with me, as always, as my trusty co-host, Mr. Roman Harper.
0:19.9	What's up?
0:20.8	I'm doing well, man. Really excited about this. Our next guest, because I've competed against this man. We have friends of similar friends, and it's been really, really cool to actually get down and sit to talk to him. I've competed against him in college and now actually getting to see face without them face masks and underneath the helmet and actually
0:38.0	get to talk to him I'm fired up about it hey he's a seven-year vet he is the founder and
0:42.6	creator of a headphone company ladies and gentlemen please welcome to the pod mark clayton
0:47.2	okay what's up appreciate it man appreciate you coming on man man glad to be here I see you still rapping that uh that Baltimore Ravens I appreciate it, man. Appreciate you coming on, man.
0:54.3	Man, glad to be here.
0:55.2	I see you still reping that Baltimore Ravens. I love it. You know, at this point, to me, I'm like a big fan. I'm a fan that has creative ideas. Yeah, I love it. I love it. But I'm just a fan. Are you a creative? I am a creative. So I went to, at Oklahoma, I went to be an architect.
1:10.4	Okay.
1:10.7	I wanted to be an architect, actually.
1:12.4	And then those labs was whooping my ass,
1:14.1	and so I went to, at Oklahoma, I wanted to be an architect. Okay. I wanted to be an architect, actually. And then those labs was whooping my ass, and so I went on that with communications. Okay. Yeah, because, you know, so I didn't know what a creative was. My wife is a creative. And then we've done a pod with Nate Berluson. He's a self-proclaimed creative as well.
1:29.0	So when you meet one, I'm always a little fascinating.
1:31.5	It's like you guys think with the other side of brain than I do.
1:34.2	When you guys look at things, you look at it from a total different lens.
1:38.2	I've said it.
1:39.2	Everything is a math problem.
1:41.2	Everything is something can be better. You always are looking, well, not even
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