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Career Honors: 2010: All-Big 12 Kick Returner, Phil Steele Magazine All-Big 12 Third Team, Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week vs. New Mexico State, KU Special Teams Player of the Week vs. New Mexico State, North Dakota State. 2010 (So.): Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention as a kickoff return man... Was a Phil Steele Magazine All-Big 12 third-team kickoff return specialist... Earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors vs. New Mexico State after returning a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown... Named KU offensive player of the week vs. New Mexico State and KU special teams player of the week vs. North Dakota State... Played in 11 of 12 games, missing the Iowa State game due to a suspension... Saw action as a wide receiver, running back (three starts) and kickoff return man... Started at running back against New Mexico State, Texas A&M and Colorado... Was third on the team in rushing with 213 yards and two touchdowns on 55 carries... Caught 10 passes for 69 yards and one touchdown... Set school season records with 36 kickoff returns for 922 yards... His 25.6 return average ranked 40th in the NCAA... His 922 return yards in 2010 were good enough to rank fourth on the KU career charts. 2009 (Fr.): Made his collegiate debut at Colorado in the sixth game of the year... Started three straight games - against Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Kansas State - but did not see action in the final three games of the year... Made five tackles in his debut at Colorado... Followed that up with a season-best seven tackles in his first start against Oklahoma... Added four tackles at Texas Tech... Finished the year with 17 tackles in four games. High School: A four-year letterwinner... Played wide receiver... An all-state and all-district selection... As a senior he had 88 receptions for 1,450 yards and 24 touchdowns... Established a school record for season receiving yards as a senior... Set a school single-game record with 14 catches... Recorded 59 catches for 893 yards and 13 touchdowns as a junior... Team was 9-4 and advanced to the region semifinals his senior year. Personal: Son of Danny Beshears and April Tesse... Father played football at Sonoma State... Has three brothers and two sisters... Undecided on his major. |
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