Tyrice Beverette

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Tyrice Beverette
No. 26     Montreal Alouettes
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Beverette with the Montreal Alouettes in 2024
Born: (1995-01-28) January 28, 1995 (age 29)
Lakewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Career information
StatusActive
CFL status American
Position(s) Linebacker
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight203 lb (92 kg)
College Stony Brook
Career history
As player
2018 Cincinnati Bengals
20192021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2022–present Montreal Alouettes
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star 2024
CFL East All-Star 2023, 2024
Career stats

Tyrice Beverette (born January 28, 1995) is an American professional football linebacker for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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Early life

Raised in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, Beverette graduated from Lakewood High School in 2013. [1]

College career

Beverette played college football for the Stony Brook Seawolves from 2014 to 2017 after taking a redshirt season in 2013. [1] He played in 44 games where he had 262 tackles, 27.5 tackles for a loss, 14 sacks, five interceptions, and seven forced fumbles. [1] [2]

Professional career

Beverette with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2019 2019, Tyrice Beverette, June 22, 2019.jpg
Beverette with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2019

Cincinnati Bengals

After attending a tryout, Beverette signed with the Cincinnati Bengals on May 14, 2018. [3] However, he was released with the final cuts following training camp on September 1, 2018. [2]

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Beverette signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on May 19, 2019. [4] He began the season on the practice roster, but played in his first career professional game on July 26, 2019, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. [2] He played in 13 regular season games where he had nine defensive tackles and 19 special teams tackles. [2] Beverette also played in his first Grey Cup championship game, but the Tiger-Cats lost to the Blue Bombers in the 107th Grey Cup game. [2]

He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season and signed a contract extension on January 5, 2021. [5] He played in nine regular season games in 2021 where he had seven defensive tackles and eight special teams tackles. [2] He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 8, 2022. [6]

Montreal Alouettes

On February 8, 2022, it was announced that Beverette had signed with the Montreal Alouettes. [7] In 2022, he played in all 18 games, starting in 14, where he had 56 defensive tackles, 21 special teams tackles, four pass knockdowns, one interception, and one forced fumble. [8] He also scored his first career touchdown when he returned an interception 100 yards on October 1, 2022, against the Edmonton Elks. [9]

In the 2023 season, Beverette started all 18 regular season games where he had 89 defensive tackles, 20 special teams tackles, four pass knockdowns, seven sacks, and four fumble recoveries, two of which were returned for touchdowns. [8] For his outstanding season, he was named a CFL All-Star for the first time in his career. [10] In the team's two playoff games, he recorded 15 defensive tackles and one special teams tackle as the Alouettes qualified for the 110th Grey Cup. [8] In the Grey Cup game, Beverette had seven defensive tackles and one special teams tackle in the team's victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. [8]

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