Mark Clayton: Being a late bloomer, the Ravens way, being CEO of Livv Audio
NFL: Good Morning Football
iHeartPodcasts and NFL
4.3 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 46 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.
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| 0:45.9 | What's up, everybody on Peanut Tillman, and this is the NFL players second acts podcast. |
| 0:49.3 | And with me as always as my trusty co-host, Mr. Roman Harper. |
| 0:51.0 | What's up? |
| 0:52.1 | I'm doing well, man. |
| 1:32.7 | 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 get to talk to him, I'm fired up about it. Hey, he's a seven-year vet. He is the founder and creator of a headphone company. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the pod. Mark Clayton. Okay. What's up, Bob? Appreciate it, man. Appreciate you coming on, man. Glad to be here. I see you still repping that Baltimore Ravens.imore ravens i love it i 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 |
| 1:38.6 | okay because this is a deal i wanted to be an architect okay i wanted to be an architect actually |
| 1:42.6 | and then those labs was whoopped my ass and so I went on 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. Indeed. So when you meet one, you're always, I'm always a little fascinating. |
| 2:01.6 | It's like you guys think with the other side of brain than I do. |
| 2:04.6 | When you guys look at things, you look at it from a total different lens, I've seen. |
| 2:09.6 | Everything is a math problem. |
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| 2:14.6 | You always are looking, well, not even at you're looking, you just see a solution |
| 2:19.2 | in a situation, no matter what it is. You just, that's just how your mind is wired. And so, |
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