No. 43 – New York Giants | |
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Position: | Linebacker |
Personal information | |
Born: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | July 5, 1999
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Colerain (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
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NFL draft: | 2022 / Round: 6 / Pick: 182 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
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Player stats at PFR |
Darrian Beavers (born July 5, 1999) is an American professional football linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UConn before transferring to Cincinnati.
Beavers attended Colerain High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He played wide receiver and safety in high school. He committed to the University of Connecticut to play college football. [1]
Beavers played two years at Connecticut before transferring to the University of Cincinnati. [2] [3] [4] In those two years he started six of 24 games, recording 38 tackles and seven sacks. He transferred to Cincinnati in 2019. [5] [6] In his first year at Cincinnati, Beavers started 10 of 14 games and had 36 tackles. In 2020, he started 10 games, recording 58 tackles, 2.5 sacks and two interceptions. [7] [8] He returned to Cincinnati as a starter in 2021. [9] He was a finalist for the Dick Butkus Award. [10]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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6 ft 3+3⁄4 in (1.92 m) | 237 lb (108 kg) | 32+3⁄8 in (0.82 m) | 9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 4.67 s | 1.63 s | 2.72 s | 4.17 s | 6.91 s | 39.0 in (0.99 m) | 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) | ||
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [11] [12] |
Beavers was drafted by the New York Giants with the 182nd pick in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL draft. [13] Beavers tore his ACL in week 2 of the preseason against the Cincinnati Bengals and was placed on injured reserve. [14] [15]
On August 29, 2023, Beavers was waived by the Giants and re-signed to the practice squad. [16] [17] He was promoted to the active roster on December 30. [18]
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