Vic Beasley

Vic Beasley

Beasley in 2015
No. 44 Atlanta Falcons
Position:	Outside linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1992-07-08) July 8, 1992
Place of birth:	Adairsville, Georgia
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:	Adairsville (GA)
College:	Clemson
NFL Draft:	2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8
Career history
Atlanta Falcons (2015–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
2× Consensus All-American (2013, 2014) First-team All-ACC (2013, 2014)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 13, 2016
Total tackles: 57 Sacks: 14.5 Forced fumbles: 7 Pass deflections: 5 Interceptions: 1 Player stats at NFL.com

Victor "Vic" Beasley Jr. (born July 8, 1992) is an American football outside linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson, and was a consensus All-American in 2013 and 2014.

Early years

Beasley attended Adairsville High School in Adairsville, Georgia, where he was a three-sport standout in football, basketball and track. He played as running back and linebacker for the Adairsville Tigers high school football team. He was named All-county and All-area in both his junior and senior seasons. As a junior, he totalled 57 tackles, two recovered fumbles and an interception, while also hauling in 15 receptions for over 200 yards. As a senior, he had 120 rushes for 828 yards with seven touchdowns on offense, and had 102 tackles (12 for loss) and an interception on the defensive side of the ball. In addition, he also had seven punt returns for a 17.3-yard average and two touchdowns, and also returned a kickoff return 80 yards for a score. He was named first-team All-state by Associated Press (AP) and Georgia Sportswriters Association. He also played in the Georgia North-South All-Star game, where he had a blocked field goal.

Beasley also competed in track & field while at Adairsville, where he competed mainly in sprints and jumps. At the 2010 GHSAA Regional 7-AA Championships, he placed third in the high jump (6-0 or 1.84m) and second in the triple jump (44-0 or 13.44m), while also earning a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash race after running a personal-best time of 11.14 seconds.^[1]

Recruiting

Considered a four-star recruit by ESPN.com, Beasley was listed as the No. 19 athlete in the nation in 2010.^[2] He was rated as the No. 37 athlete in the nation and No. 37 player in Georgia by Rivals.com. He was considered the No. 34 outside linebacker in the nation and No. 37 player in Georgia by Scout.com. Also an All-Southeast Region pick and the No. 33 player in the state according to SuperPrep. Beasley chose Clemson over Alabama, Auburn and Stanford.

College career

Beasley was redshirted as a freshman in 2010. As a redshirt freshman in 2011, he played in nine games recording two tackles. As a sophomore in 2012, he recorded 18 tackles and eight sacks. Through the first six games of his junior season in 2013, he led the nation in sacks.^[3] He finished the year with 13. Beasley was a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection and was named a consensus All-American.^[4]

Beasley opted to stay his senior year to finish his education instead of declaring for the 2014 NFL Draft.^[5] He was projected to have been picked up in the second round as predicted by the NFL's draft advisory board. Beasley entered the year with 21 career sacks, which was seven away from setting the all-time school record for career which was set by Michael Dean Perry and Gaines Adams at 28. In October he broke the record.^[6] He was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and was again a consensus All-American.^[7]

Professional career

Atlanta Falcons

On April 30, 2015, Beasley was selected with the eighth overall pick by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2015 NFL Draft.^[9] He was Clemson's highest selected defensive player since Gaines Adams in 2007.

On June 12, 2015, Beasley came to terms with his rookie contract.

In week 2 of his rookie season, Beasley recorded his first career sack, taking down New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, before generating his second sack the following week against Brandon Weeden of the Dallas Cowboys.^[10] In week 16 against the undefeated Panthers, Beasley made a strip-sack of Cam Newton in the final minutes of the game, securing a 20-13 upset of the Panthers and ruining the Panther's undefeated season.^[11]

In 2016, Beasley moved from defensive end to the strongside linebacker position.^[12]

He recorded his first sack of the 2016 season in week 2 against the Oakland Raiders. ^[13]

Beasley had a breakout game in week 5 of the 2016 season, playing the Denver Broncos, Beasley recorded 8 total tackles, 3.5 sacks and 2 forced fumbles.^[14]

NFL statistics

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References

External links

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