Cole Beasley

Cole Beasley
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Beasley in 2016
No. 11 – Dallas Cowboys
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1989-04-26) April 26, 1989
Houston, Texas
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight: 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school: Little Elm (Little Elm, Texas)
College: Southern Methodist
Undrafted: 2012
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 1, 2018
Receptions: 261
Receiving yards: 2,672
Receiving touchdowns: 20
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Cole Dickson Beasley (born April 26, 1989) is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at Southern Methodist University.

Early years

Beasley attended Little Elm High School, where he was an option quarterback, leading the Lobos to the Texas UIL-4A playoffs in consecutive years.[1] He was a district co-MVP, posting 1,184 rushing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, 1,570 passing yards, and 12 touchdowns. He was rated as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com.[2]

College career

Beasley accepted a scholarship from Southern Methodist University, where he was converted into a wide receiver, playing in 11 games with 7 starts as a freshman, while finishing third on the team with 42 receptions for 366 yards and 3 touchdowns.[3]

As a sophomore, he started 7 games, making 40 receptions (fourth on the team), 493 yards and 3 touchdowns. SMU would win the 2009 Hawaii Bowl marking the first bowl invite since the so-called death penalty.[4]

As a junior, he posted 87 receptions (second for a single-season in school history), 1,060 yards and 6 touchdowns.

As a senior, he registered 86 receptions for 1,040 yards (second on the team) and 2 touchdowns.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
5 ft 7 7⁄8 in
(1.72 m)		 175 lb
(79 kg)		 4.49 s 1.57 s 2.66 s 4.40 s 7.16 s 38 in
(0.97 m)		 10 ft 6 in
(3.20 m)		 17 reps
All values from Pro Day[5]

2012 season

Beasley went undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft because of his size and was signed by the Dallas Cowboys. He left abruptly during training camp, stating he was dealing with "personal stuff", and even considered retiring from professional football. He went on to have a sudden change of heart, returning and making the final 53-man roster.[6] In 10 games of his rookie year, he made 15 receptions for 98 receiving yards.

2013 season

Beasley found ways to be productive while being surrounded by a solid corps of wide receivers, having the highest completion percentage of any receiver in the NFL with more than 10 targets.[7] He was targeted by quarterback Tony Romo on third down, especially in spread formations.[8] Much of this became attributed to Beasley's very good route running.[9] He posted 39 receptions for 368 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. He also returned 10 punts for 68 yards, along with one kickoff for 11 yards.

2014 season

He posted 37 receptions (fourth on the team), 420 yards (fourth on the team) and 4 touchdowns. He averaged nearly 50 yards per game during the final six contests of the season. In the Wild Card playoff win against the Detroit Lions he made 4 catches - three for first downs- for 63 yards and recovered a critical Romo fumble.

2015 season

On March 3, the Cowboys signed Beasley for an additional 4 years, with a total contract value of $13.6 million. With leading receiver Dez Bryant injured for most of the season, he finished with 52 receptions (tied for second on the team) for 537 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns (led the team), while playing with 4 different starting quarterbacks with varying degrees of knowledge of the team's offense.

At the beginning of the year he was used to fill in as a punt returner, due to his ball security ability. He was eventually replaced by rookie Lucky Whitehead after having poor return averages and a critical muffed punt in a loss against the New York Giants.

2016 season

Beasley posted career highs in receptions and yards, catching 75 passes for 833 yards and 5 touchdowns on 98 targets. His 76.5% catch rate ranked second among NFL wide receivers in 2016.[10]

Career statistics

SeasonReceivingReturningFumbles
YearTeamGPGSTgtRecYdsLngAvgTDPRYdsAvgLngTDKRYdsAvgLngTDFumLost
2012DAL 1002415128208.5000000000.00000
2013DAL 1435439368239.4210686.814011111.011010
2014DAL 16249374204511.44000.000000.00022
2015DAL 16375525363010.3512695.8220000.00022
2016DAL 16698758334711.15331.030000.00000
2017DAL 1546336314548.742199.5150000.00000
Career87183632542,5995410.220271595.922011111.011054

References

  1. ↑ "A Bond Beyond the Game: Little Elm High School's Mike and Cole Beasley". Yahoo. 15 October 2007. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cole Beasley". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "SMUMUSTANGS.COM – Official Athletic Site Official Athletic Site – Football". Smumustangs.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. ↑ FanHouse Staff (11 December 2010). "SMU Death Penalty, Pony Express Profiled On ESPN 30 for 30's 'Pony Excess'". AOL. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014. They didn't make a bowl game until 2009, when they won the Hawaii Bowl against Nevada, 45–10.
  5. ↑ http://www.draftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=81896&draftyear=2012&genpos=WR
  6. ↑ "Beasley Competing For Permanent Cowboys Spot « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth". Dfw.cbslocal.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Focus On: Cole Beasley". Wfaa.com. 3 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Dallas Cowboys WR Cole Beasley delivering in big situations". Dallas Cowboys Blog. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Dallas Cowboys WR Cole Beasley shines again – ESPN Dallas". ESPN.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Cole Beasley Advanced Stats and Metrics Profile: Catch Rate". PlayerProfiler.com.
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