Aaron Beasley

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Aaron Beasley
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Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1973-07-07) July 7, 1973 (age 51)
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Pottstown
Valley Forge Military Academy
(Wayne, Pennsylvania)
College: West Virginia
NFL draft: 1996  / round: 3 / pick: 63
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:431
Sacks:8.5
Forced fumbles:10
Fumble recoveries:4
Interceptions:24
Defensive touchdowns:4
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Aaron Bruce Beasley (born July 7, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers, earning consensus All-American honors in 1995. He was selected in the third round of the 1996 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons of the NFL.

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Early life

Beasley was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. [1] He graduated from Pottstown Senior High School in 1991, and attended Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, for a fifth preparatory year. [2]

College career

Beasley attended West Virginia University, where he was a three-year starter for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team at cornerback. In the 1994 season, Beasley led the nation with ten interceptionsalso a WVU single-season record, had an interception in six consecutive games during the season. He also had a career-high three interceptions against the Virginia Tech Hokies. He finished 1994 with 57 tackles, a then school-record eighteen deflected passes, and three tackles for a loss. In 1995, Beasley was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and was a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist. He was also a first-team All-Big East Conference selection and semifinalist for the Big East Defensive Player of the Year Award. He finished his college career with nineteen interceptions (second most in Mountaineers history), three of which he returned for touchdowns, and 143 tackles.

Beasley was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 2009

Professional career

The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Beasley in the third round (63rd pick overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft. [3] He played for the Jaguars from 1996 to 2001. [1] His 1999 season for the Jaguars was his most impressive statistically, when he started all sixteen regular season games and amassed six interceptions, 200 interception return yards, and two interceptions for touchdowns, [4] one of which against the San Francisco 49ers set the team record for the longest interception return at 93 yards. [5] He also played for the New York Jets from 2002 to 2003 and the Atlanta Falcons in 2004. [1] In his nine-season NFL career, he played in 121 games (105 as a starter) and compiled 423 tackles, 24 interceptions, ten forced fumbles and 8.5 quarterback sacks. [4]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Led the league
BoldCareer high

Regular season

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
1996 JAX 97292091.010001000
1997 JAX 97252500.015051000
1998 JAX 1615675890.0335034211201
1999 JAX 1616665791.562002932000
2000 JAX 1414534675.01390391100
2001 JAX 1212393630.0300001401
2002 NYJ 1515676070.02290240000
2003 NYJ 16166146150.03640391100
2004 ATL 143242131.041150852000
121105431369628.5244872931041602

Playoffs

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
1996 JAX 32121200.01150150100
1997 JAX 103300.000000000
1998 JAX 224310.000000100
1999 JAX 228800.025050000
2002 NYJ 228710.000000000
2004 ATL 200000.000000000
128353320.03200150200

Friends At College

Beasley hung with most of the Mountaineers football team and would participate in activities with the not well known band Circle 6.

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  2. databaseFootball.com, Players, Aaron Beasley Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved February 5, 2012.
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  5. "Reed rumbles 108 yards for NFL record | Longest interception returns by team". Pro Football Hall of Fame . November 24, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2014.