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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: 3rd round, 63rd pick | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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Aaron Bruce Beasley (born July 7, 1973) is an American former professionalfootball player who was acornerback for nine seasons in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theWest Virginia Mountaineers, earning consensusAll-American honors in 1995. He was selected in the third round of the1996 NFL draft, and played professionally for theJacksonville Jaguars,New York Jets andAtlanta Falcons of the NFL.
Beasley was born inPottstown, Pennsylvania.[1] He graduated from Pottstown Senior High School in 1991, and attendedValley Forge Military Academy inWayne, Pennsylvania, for a fifth preparatory year.[2]
Beasley attended West Virginia University, where he was a three-year starter for theWest 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 theVirginia 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 aJim 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
The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Beasley in the third round (63rd pick overall) of the 1996 NFL draft.[3] He played for the Jaguars from1996 to2001.[1] His1999 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 theSan Francisco 49ers set the team record for the longest interception return at 93 yards.[5] He also played for theNew York Jets from2002 to2003 and theAtlanta Falcons in2004.[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]
| Legend | |
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| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1996 | JAX | 9 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | JAX | 9 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | JAX | 16 | 15 | 67 | 58 | 9 | 0.0 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 120 | 1 |
| 1999 | JAX | 16 | 16 | 66 | 57 | 9 | 1.5 | 6 | 200 | 2 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | JAX | 14 | 14 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 5.0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | JAX | 12 | 12 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 1 |
| 2002 | NYJ | 15 | 15 | 67 | 60 | 7 | 0.0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | NYJ | 16 | 16 | 61 | 46 | 15 | 0.0 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | ATL | 14 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 115 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | 105 | 431 | 369 | 62 | 8.5 | 24 | 487 | 2 | 93 | 10 | 4 | 160 | 2 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1996 | JAX | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | JAX | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | JAX | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | JAX | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | NYJ | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | ATL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||