Personal Life
Kellen Clemens is a sixth generation cattle rancher. He grew up herding cattle on his family's 3,500-acre (14 km2) ranch in Burns, Oregon, where they own over 100 head of cattle. In his spare time, Kellen enjoys horseback riding.
Clemens is an active and practicing Roman Catholic, and is married with two children with a strong religious devotion to the Holy Family of Nazareth. In a February 2012 interview with the National Catholic Register, he noted that his patron saint is Saint Sebastian and has special religious devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. He also noted that he wears the Brown Scapular in connection to this religious faith. Furthermore, Clemens noted that he is very supportive of the Pro-Life cause, and publicly credits Mitt Romney for his 2012 vote.
Clemens has four sisters and majored in Business Administration at the University of Oregon. Clemens is an active member of Catholic Athletes for Christ. He and his wife Nicole reside in Whippany, New Jersey. Clemens also expressed a feeling of deep honour when Pope Benedict XVI blessed and kissed their four-week-old baby girl at the final procession of the Papal Mass on April 17, 2008 at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. As a show of appreciation for the Pope's blessing, Kellen Clemens signed the Pope's mitre.
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