American football player (born 1973)
American football player
Aaron Bruce Beasley
(born July 7, 1973) is a former American college and professional
football
player who was a
cornerback
in the
National Football League
(NFL) for nine seasons. He played
college football
for
West Virginia University
, and received consensus
All-American
recognition. He was drafted 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.
Early years
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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
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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 interceptions—also 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
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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]
Beasley resides in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife Umme and their three daughters.
He is the founder of the Athletic Business Alliance.
Beasley trains youth, high school, college and professional athletes through the many programs he has designed and customizes to fit the needs of each client based on skill set, age and ability in group settings and individually. Beasley is currently the head coach of the Duval Charter at Baymeadows highschool varsity football team.
References
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National Football League, Historical Players,
Aaron Beasley
. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
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databaseFootball.com, Players,
Aaron Beasley
Archived
2012-03-24 at the
Wayback Machine
. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
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"1996 NFL Draft Listing"
.
Pro-Football-Reference.com
. Retrieved
2023-03-30
.
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a
b
Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players,
Aaron Beasley
. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
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"Reed rumbles 108 yards for NFL record | Longest interception returns by team"
.
Pro Football Hall of Fame
. November 24, 2008
. Retrieved
June 2,
2014
.
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