Aaron Beasley

Aaron Bruce Beasley (born July 7, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers, earning consensus All-American honors in 1995. He was selected 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 life Beasley was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pottstown Senior High School in 1991, and attended Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, for a fifth preparatory year.

College career 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 The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Beasley in the third round (63rd pick overall) of the 1996 NFL draft. He played for the Jaguars from to . one of which against the San Francisco 49ers set the team record for the longest interception return at 93 yards. He also played for the New York Jets from to and the Atlanta Falcons in . 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.Now he is a head coach at Duval Charter in Jacksonville, FL.

NFL career statistics Legend Led the league Bold Career high

Regular season 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 Career 121 105 431 369 62 8.5 24 487 2 93 10 4 160 2

Playoffs Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles 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 Career 12 8 35 33 2 0.0 3 20 0 15 0 2 0 0